Improper Input Validation Affecting axis package, versions <1.4-28+deb10u1build0.20.04.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.28% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-AXIS-5892502
  • published12 Sept 2023
  • disclosed5 Sept 2023

Introduced: 5 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-40743  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 axis to version 1.4-28+deb10u1build0.20.04.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream axis package and not the axis package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** When integrating Apache Axis 1.x in an application, it may not have been obvious that looking up a service through "ServiceFactory.getService" allows potentially dangerous lookup mechanisms such as LDAP. When passing untrusted input to this API method, this could expose the application to DoS, SSRF and even attacks leading to RCE.

As Axis 1 has been EOL we recommend you migrate to a different SOAP engine, such as Apache Axis 2/Java. As a workaround, you may review your code to verify no untrusted or unsanitized input is passed to "ServiceFactory.getService", or by applying the patch from https://github.com/apache/axis-axis1-java/commit/7e66753427466590d6def0125e448d2791723210 . The Apache Axis project does not expect to create an Axis 1.x release fixing this problem, though contributors that would like to work towards this are welcome.

CVSS Base Scores

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