Google Guava up to 24.1.0 CompoundOrdering deserialization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Google Guava up to 24.1.0. Affected by this issue is the function CompoundOrdering. This manipulation causes deserialization. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-10237. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Guava up to 24.1.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function CompoundOrdering. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unbounded memory allocation in Google Guava 11.0 through 24.x before 24.1.1 allows remote attackers to conduct denial of service attacks against servers that depend on this library and deserialize attacker-provided data, because the AtomicDoubleArray class (when serialized with Java serialization) and the CompoundOrdering class (when serialized with GWT serialization) perform eager allocation without appropriate checks on what a client has sent and whether the data size is reasonable.

The bug was discovered 04/26/2018. The weakness was released 04/26/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at groups.google.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-10237 since 04/20/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 109927 (Fedora 27 : guava (2018-e4c2507720)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236976 (Red Hat Update for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.21 (RHSA-2018:2743)).

Upgrading to version 24.1.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (109927), SecurityFocus (BID 104898†) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2022-0770). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-111715, VDB-122220, VDB-122556 and VDB-153641. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • IBM DB2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • IBM SPSS
  • EMC Avamar
  • Hitachi Ops Center

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Class: Deserialization
CWE: CWE-502 / CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 109927
Nessus Name: Fedora 27 : guava (2018-e4c2507720)
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OpenVAS ID: 66089
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for guava FEDORA-2018-e4c2507720
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Guava 24.1.1

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04/20/2018 🔍
04/26/2018 +5 days 🔍
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04/27/2018 +1 days 🔍
05/19/2018 +22 days 🔍
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07/22/2018 +62 days 🔍
01/11/2026 +2730 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: FEDORA-2018-e4c2507720
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-10237 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-10237
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-117151
SecurityFocus: 104898 - Apache Tomcat CVE-2018-1336 Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1041707
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2022-0770 - IBM DB2: Mehrere Schwachstellen

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/27/2018 08:36
Updated: 01/11/2026 14:34
Changes: 04/27/2018 08:36 (75), 01/31/2020 21:25 (5), 03/07/2023 20:25 (5), 03/07/2023 20:34 (1), 01/11/2026 14:34 (22)
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