PT-2018-18398 · Apache · Apache Cxf Fediz

Published 2018-07-05 · Updated 2021-06-16 · CVE-2018-8038

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Apache CXF Fediz versions prior to 1.4.4

Description: The issue concerns the incomplete disabling of Document Type Declarations (DTDs) in Apache CXF Fediz. This occurs when parsing the Identity Provider response in the application plugins or in the Identity Provider itself when parsing certain XML-based parameters.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 1.4.4, update to version 1.4.4 or later to fully disable Document Type Declarations (DTDs) and mitigate the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-8038

GHSA-W3GH-G32M-CVHR

Affected Products

Apache Cxf Fediz

References · 21

• https://github.com/apache/cxf-fediz/commit/b6ed9865d0614332fa419fe4b6d0fe81bc2e660d · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8038 · Security Note
• http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2018-8038.txt.asc · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-w3gh-g32m-cvhr · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f0a6a05ec3b3a00458da43712b0ff3a2f573175d9bfb39fb0de21424%40%3Cdev.cxf.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f0a6a05ec3b3a00458da43712b0ff3a2f573175d9bfb39fb0de21424@%3Cdev.cxf.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E · Note