Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Affecting org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-rs-security-jose package, versions [,3.5.9) [3.6.0,3.6.4) [4.0.0,4.0.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHECXF-7541935
  • published 19 Jul 2024
  • disclosed 19 Jul 2024
  • credit Jingcheng Yang, Jianjun Chen

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-rs-security-jose to version 3.5.9, 3.6.4, 4.0.5 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-rs-security-jose is a services framework.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption due to improper input validation of the p2c parameter. An attacker can cause the application to consume excessive resources and become unresponsive by specifying a large value for this parameter in a token.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
8.7 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    None
  • Integrity (VI)
    None
  • Availability (VA)
    High
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None