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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)

0.0
medium

  • Attack Complexity

    Low

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  • snyk-id

    SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHECXF-30018

  • published

    25 Dec 2016

  • disclosed

    25 Oct 2014

  • credit

    Dario Amiri

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Introduced: 25 Oct 2014

CVE-2014-3623 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-287 Open this link in a new tab

How 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.