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cvelistApacheCVELIST:CVE-2018-8039
HistoryJun 28, 2018 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2018-8039

2018-06-2800:00:00
apache
www.cve.org
2

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.007 Low

EPSS

Percentile

80.9%

It is possible to configure Apache CXF to use the com.sun.net.ssl implementation via โ€˜System.setProperty(โ€œjava.protocol.handler.pkgsโ€, โ€œcom.sun.net.ssl.internal.www.protocolโ€);โ€™. When this system property is set, CXF uses some reflection to try to make the HostnameVerifier work with the old com.sun.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier interface. However, the default HostnameVerifier implementation in CXF does not implement the method in this interface, and an exception is thrown. However, in Apache CXF prior to 3.2.5 and 3.1.16 the exception is caught in the reflection code and not properly propagated. What this means is that if you are using the com.sun.net.ssl stack with CXF, an error with TLS hostname verification will not be thrown, leaving a CXF client subject to man-in-the-middle attacks.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Apache CXF",
    "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "prior to 3.1.16"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "3.2.x prior to 3.2.5"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.007 Low

EPSS

Percentile

80.9%