SB2018070609 - Denial of service in Apache CXF Fediz
Published: July 6, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018070609
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) XXE attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8038)
CWE-ID: CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct XXE attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when processing malicious XML data. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted XML DTD data via WS-Federation request parameters and cause denial of service of the Apache CXF Fediz Identity Provider (IdP).
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.