Description
The default configuration of the ObjectRepresentation class in Restlet before 2.1.4 deserializes objects from untrusted sources using the Java XMLDecoder, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code via crafted XML.
Remediation
References
http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/08/using-xmldecoder-to-execute-server-side.html
http://restlet.org/learn/2.1/changes
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1410.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1862.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=995275
https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java/issues/774
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