5.3med

CVE-2017-5653

Improper Certificate Validation in Apache CXF

Also known as GHSA-hgg6-8x62-m9gf

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.3
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
11.2%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

JAX-RS XML Security streaming clients in Apache CXF before 3.1.11 and 3.0.13 do not validate that the service response was signed or encrypted, which allows remote attackers to spoof servers.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

11.17% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.05.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub3.05.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
mavenorg.apache.cxf:cxf-core
>=3.1.0, <3.1.11
<3.0.13
3.1.11
3.0.13

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation

References

  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:1832 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • cxf.apache.org /security-advisories.data/CVE-2017-5653.txt.asc?version=1&modificationDate=1492515074710&a · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1038279 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/97968 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.ap · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.ap · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.ap · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.ap · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.ap · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.ap · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5653 · advisory
  • github.com /apache/cxf/commit/20d0fa3ec41c16c52b74dcc006f9d9ea212fa80f · web
  • github.com /apache/cxf · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf@%3Ccommits.cxf.apac · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c@%3Ccommits.cxf.apac · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6@%3Ccommits.cxf.apac · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apac · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e@%3Ccommits.cxf.apac · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apac · web

Sources

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