Deserialization in Apache Juddi
CVE-2021-37578
Apache jUDDI uses several classes related to Java's Remote Method Invocation (RMI) which (as an extension to UDDI) provides an alternate transport for accessing UDDI services. RMI uses the default Java serialization mechanism to pass parameters in RMI invocations. A remote attacker can send a malicious serialized object to the above RMI entries. The objects get deserialized without any check on the incoming data. In the worst case, it may let the attacker run arbitrary code remotely. For both jUDDI web service applications and jUDDI clients, the usage of RMI is disabled by default. Since this is an optional feature and an extension to the UDDI protocol, the likelihood of impact is low. Starting with 3.3.10, all RMI related code was removed.
Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.041 (90.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.041 · newest: 0.041 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apache Juddi
- Apache Software Foundation Juddi — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r82047b3ba774cf870ea8e1e9ec51c6107f6cd056d4e366081… (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/29/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-37578?
- CVE-2021-37578 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apache Juddi, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-07-29.
- How severe is CVE-2021-37578?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.