Resource management error in Apache CXF - CVE-2019-12406

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Resource management error in Apache CXF - CVE-2019-12406

Published: November 7, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU22577
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12406
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected software does not restrict the number of message attachments present in a given message. A remote authenticated attacker can craft a message containing a very large number of message attachments and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.



Affected software

Apache CXF
z/Transaction Processing Facility ( z/TPF)
IBM Cloud Application Business Insights
Dell Support Assist Enterprise
Red Hat Process Automation Manager (formerly JBoss BPM Suite)
IBM Security Guardium
Voice Gateway

How to mitigate CVE-2019-12406

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apache CXF - addressed in versions 3.2.11, 3.3.4
Dell Support Assist Enterprise - update to 4.00.06.00
Red Hat Process Automation Manager (formerly JBoss BPM Suite) - update to 7.8.0
Voice Gateway - addressed in versions 1.0.8.2, 1.0.8.6
IBM Cloud Application Business Insights - addressed in versions 1.1.3.1, 1.1.4.2

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