GHSA-r7pg-v2c8-mfg3

Apache Avro Java SDK: Arbitrary Code Execution when reading Avro Data (Java SDK)

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Critical CVE-2024-47561

Packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
Maven	org.apache.avro:avro	< 1.11.4	1.11.4

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

Schema parsing in the Java SDK of Apache Avro 1.11.3 and previous versions allows bad actors to execute arbitrary code. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.11.4 or 1.12.0, which fix this issue.

References

External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47561 advisory
https://github.com/apache/avro/pull/2934 web
https://github.com/apache/avro/pull/2980 web
https://github.com/apache/avro/commit/8f89868d29272e3afea2ff8de8c85cb81a57d900 web
https://github.com/apache/avro/commit/f6b3bd7e50e6e09fedddb98c61558c022ba31285 web
https://github.com/apache/avro package
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3985 web
https://lists.apache.org/thread/c2v7mhqnmq0jmbwxqq3r5jbj1xg43h5x web
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241011-0003 web
https://thehackernews.com/2024/10/critical-apache-avro-sdk-flaw-allows.html web
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/03/1 web
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/03/1 web