Data handling in Apache CXF - CVE-2017-12624

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11285

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12624

CWE-ID: CWE-19

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Apache Foundation

Affected software:
Apache CXF

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to data handling. A remote attacker can send specially crafted message attachment header and cause the service to crash.

Update to version 3.2.1 or 3.1.14.

• http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2017-12624.txt.asc