Critical severity · published Sep 11, 2019
CVE-2019-0189
The java.io.ObjectInputStream is known to cause Java serialisation issues
9.8
CVSS
23.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The java.io.ObjectInputStream is known to cause Java serialisation issues. This issue here is exposed by the "webtools/control/httpService" URL, and uses Java deserialization to perform code execution. In the HttpEngine, the value of the request parameter "serviceContext" is passed to the "deserialize" method of "XmlSerializer". Apache Ofbiz is affected via two different dependencies: "commons-beanutils" and an out-dated version of "commons-fileupload" Mitigation: Upgrade to 16.11.06 or manually apply the commits from OFBIZ-10770 and OFBIZ-10837 on branch 16
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)23.7% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OF
OFBiz · Apache
16.11.01 before 16.11.06 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0189
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-0189
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7316b4fa811e1ec27604cda3c30560e7389fc6b8c91996c9640fabb8%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/986ed5f1a0e209f87ed4a2d348ae5735054f9188912bb2fed7a5543f%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r11fd9562dbdfc0be95e40518cbef70ab2565129f6f542a870ab82c69%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2c2db313ac9a43f1cfbd01092e4acb0b8bd38d90091889236ad827e7%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r883840bbb4e2366acd0f6477e86b584000900a270a86587f979a55f9%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8f01aab5dd92487c191599def3c950c643d7ad297c4db1d6722ea151%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
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