CVE-2018-8039Not scoredCWE-755

CVE-2018-8039: Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF vulnerability

Apache Software Foundation · Apache CXF

Vendor fix available · Affected: Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)

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8.2%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

94th percentile

050100

Higher than 94% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

It is possible to configure Apache CXF to use the com.sun.net.ssl implementation via 'System.setProperty("java.protocol.handler.pkgs", "com.sun.net.ssl.internal.www.protocol");'. 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.

Affected products1

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Apache Software Foundation · Apache CXFprior to 3.1.16; 3.2.x prior to 3.2.5

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Exploitation: Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions · Input Validation and Logic
Vendor: Apache Software Foundation
Published: July 2018
Band: Possible (1 to 10%), July 2018

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