CVE-2016-8739
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
77.6%
The JAX-RS module in Apache CXF prior to 3.0.12 and 3.1.x prior to 3.1.9 provides a number of Atom JAX-RS MessageBodyReaders. These readers use Apache Abdera Parser which expands XML entities by default which represents a major XXE risk.
Affected configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | cxf | * | cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | cxf | 3.1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | cxf | 3.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | cxf | 3.1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | cxf | 3.1.3 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | cxf | 3.1.4 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | cxf | 3.1.5 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | cxf | 3.1.6 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | cxf | 3.1.7 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | cxf | 3.1.8 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
References
cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2016-8739.txt.asc
www.securityfocus.com/bid/97579
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037544
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
77.6%