Just like with Java apps, the flaw is in how .NET libraries handle serialized data during deserialization, allowing an attacker to sneak in code that gets executed on a target's machine.

The Ruby programming language is impacted by a similar "deserialization issue" that has affected and wreaked havoc in the Java ecosystem in 2016; an issue that later also proved to be a problem ...

My last article, “Java XML and JSON: Document processing for Java SE, Part 1” introduced a variety of document transformation and processing techniques using SAXON and Jackson.

During deserialization of a serialized object, the Java serialization mechanism computes the suid based on the evolved class, yielding a value of 2, which differs from the suid stored in the ...

After determining that the PayPal site was vulnerable to Java deserialization, Stepankin was able to exploit the flaw in order to execute arbitrary commands on its underlying Web server.

Java Deserialization Flaw Patched in 19 Products Among the most noteworthy aspects of the April CPU is the CVE-2016-1000031 Java flaw that is being patched across 19 Oracle products.

News PayPal is the latest victim of Java deserialization bugs in Web apps The company's Java-based, back-end system was vulnerable to an attack that researchers have warned about for a year ...