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Improper Input Validation in Apache CXF

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 13, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 2.0.0, < 2.0.13
>= 2.1.0, < 2.1.10
>= 2.2.0, < 2.2.9

Patched versions

2.0.13
2.1.10
2.2.9

Description

Apache CXF 2.0.x before 2.0.13, 2.1.x before 2.1.10, and 2.2.x before 2.2.9, as used in Apache ServiceMix, Apache Camel, Apache Chemistry, Apache jUDDI, Apache Geronimo, and other products, does not properly reject DTDs in SOAP messages, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, send HTTP requests to intranet servers, or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a crafted DTD, as demonstrated by an entity declaration in a request to samples/wsdl_first_pure_xml, a similar issue to CVE-2010-1632.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 19, 2010
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Jul 8, 2022
Last updated Feb 13, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(92nd percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2010-2076

GHSA ID

GHSA-v8q2-94f6-6xq2

Source code

No known source code
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