CVE-2016-2173 Improper Input Validation in Spring AMQP

What is CVE-2016-2173?

CVE-2016-2173 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 21 Apr 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

org.springframework.core.serializer.DefaultDeserializer in Spring AMQP before 1.5.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2173?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.springframework.amqp:spring-amqp. It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Vmware Spring Advanced Message Queuing Protocol.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2173?

Upgrade org.springframework.amqp:spring-amqp to 1.5.5 or later.

Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.

Is CVE-2016-2173 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2173 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

• CVE record
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• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-hrp3-8p5w-27gv.