CVE-2016-6793 Apache Wicket deserialization vulnerability

31 Dec 2016

Severity: Low

Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected: Apache Wicket 6.x and 1.5.x

Description: Depending on the ISerializer set in the Wicket application, it’s possible that a Wicket’s object deserialized from an untrusted source and utilized by the application to causes the code to enter in an infinite loop. Specifically, Wicket’s DiskFileItem class, serialized by Kryo, allows an attacker to hack its serialized form to put a client on an infinite loop if the client attempts to write on the DeferredFileOutputStream attribute.

Mitigation: Upgrade to Apache Wicket 6.25.0 or 1.5.17

Credit: This issue was discovered by Jacob Baines, Tenable Network Security and Pedro Santos

References: https://wicket.apache.org/news