PT-2017-12608 · Apache · Apache Cxf

Published 2017-11-14 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2017-12624

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache CXF versions prior to 3.1.14 Apache CXF versions prior to 3.2.1

Description The issue allows an attacker to craft a message attachment header that could lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack on a CXF web service provider. Both JAX-WS and JAX-RS services are affected.

Recommendations For Apache CXF versions prior to 3.1.14, update to version 3.1.14 or later to resolve the issue. For Apache CXF versions prior to 3.2.1, update to version 3.2.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider configuring the "attachment-max-header-size" property to reject message attachment headers greater than 300 characters.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-12624

GHSA-7VGJ-8MW4-HG8R

RHSA-2018:2423

RHSA-2018:2424

Affected Products

Apache Cxf

References · 28

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12624 · Security Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2425 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2424 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2428 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2017-12624.txt.asc · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2423 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12624 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-7vgj-8mw4-hg8r · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/apache/cxf · Note
• https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/896bd961cbbb6b8569700e5b70229f78f94ad9d · Note
• https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/a2ce435cf0eedc8158d118d6d275114408d2a376 · Note
• https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/8bd915bfd7735c248ad660059c6b6ad26cdbcdf6 · Note
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CXF-7507 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040486 · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E · Note