CVE-2019-17570

Public Exploit

Description

An untrusted deserialization was found in the org.apache.xmlrpc.parser.XmlRpcResponseParser:addResult method of Apache XML-RPC (aka ws-xmlrpc) library. A malicious XML-RPC server could target a XML-RPC client causing it to execute arbitrary code. Apache XML-RPC is no longer maintained and this issue will not be fixed.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 64.97% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory apache.org
Affected: Apache Apache XML-RPC
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-17570%3B
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/846551673bbb7ec8d691008215384bcef03a3fb004d2da845cfe88ee%401390230951%40%3Cdev.ws.apache.org%3E mailing list vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/2 third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00033.html third party advisory mailing list
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0310 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4619 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/8 third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I3QCRLJYQRGVTIYF4BXYRFSF3ONP3TBF/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4496-1/ third party advisory patch vendor advisory
https://github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-x2r6-4m45-m4jp third party advisory exploit
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-26 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-17570?
CVE-2019-17570 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-17570?
To fix CVE-2019-17570, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-17570 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-17570 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~65% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2019-17570?
CVE-2019-17570 affects Apache Apache XML-RPC.
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