cxf-core-3.3.10.jar vulnerability
Issue date: 21-09-2021Affects versions: 14.6, 13.4, 12.6
Security Issue ID
SECURITY-246
Affected Product Version(s)
12.6.16, 13.4.9, 14.6.0 and previous releases.
Severity
medium
Description
A vulnerability in the JsonMapObjectReaderWriter of Apache CXF allows an attacker to submit malformed JSON to a web service, which results in the thread getting stuck in an infinite loop, consuming CPU indefinitely. This issue affects Apache CXF versions prior to 3.4.4; Apache CXF versions prior to 3.3.11.
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')
CVSSv2:
- Base Score: MEDIUM (5.0)
- Vector: /AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A
CVSSv3:
- Base Score: HIGH (7.5)
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Instructions
Customers using the 12.x, 13.x and 14.x major versions are recommended to upgrade to the latest version in that series.