Improper Authentication Affecting org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-ws-security Open this link in a new tab package, versions [2,2.7.13) [3.0.0,3.0.2)
Attack Complexity
Low
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snyk-id
SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHECXF-30018
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published
25 Dec 2016
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disclosed
25 Oct 2014
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credit
Dario Amiri
Introduced: 25 Oct 2014
CVE-2014-3623 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-ws-security
to version 2.7.13, 3.0.2 or higher.
Overview
org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-ws-security is a services framework that helps you build and develop services using frontend programming APIs, like JAX-WS and JAX-RS.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication. When using TransportBinding
, does not properly enforce the SAML SubjectConfirmation
method security semantics, which allows remote attackers to conduct spoofing attacks via unspecified vectors.