Bug 1484938 (CVE-2017-1000034)

Summary: CVE-2017-1000034 akka-actor: Java deserialization issue in the Remoting component
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: apevec, chrisw, jjoyce, jschluet, kbasil, lhh, lpeer, markmc, mburns, mkolesni, nyechiel, rbryant, sclewis, skitt, slinaber, slong, tdecacqu, vorburger
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Fixed In Version: akka 2.4.17 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Bug Depends On: 1484951    
Bug Blocks: 1484941    

Description Andrej Nemec 2017-08-24 15:23:44 UTC 
Akka is vulnerable to a java deserialization attack in its Remoting component resulting in remote code execution in the context of the ActorSystem.

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http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/2.4/security/2017-02-10-java-serialization.html
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-08-24 15:53:33 UTC 
Created opendaylight tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: openstack-rdo [bug 1484951]
Comment 2 Stephen Kitt 2017-09-05 12:20:39 UTC 
In RHOS 12 ODL, we're shipping Akka 2.4.18, which doesn't suffer from this issue.