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Security Bulletin: Apache CXF (Publicly disclosed vulnerability)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Vulnerabilities in Open Source Apache CXF affect IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-12419
DESCRIPTION:   Apache CXF could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the failure to validate that the authenticated principal is equal to that of the supplied clientId parameter in the request by the OpenId Connect token service. By obtaining the authorization code issued to another client, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain an access token for the other client.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/170975 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2019-12406
DESCRIPTION:   Apache CXF is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to restrict the number of message attachments present in a given message. By sending a specially-crafted message containing an overly large number of message attachments, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/170974 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s) Version(s)
IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager 7.3.0

Remediation/Fixes

Fix VRMF APAR How to acquire fix

efix_TADDM7306_CXF3211_FP6190313.zip

 7.3.0.5 - 7.3.0.7 None Download eFix

Please refer the steps mentioned in efix_readme.txt to apply this efix.

Note: Before TADDM 7.3.0.5, Java 7 was used and the CXF fix is applicable to Java8. Hence, no eFix can be provided for versions before 7.3.0.5.

Workarounds and Mitigations

For customers on TADDM FixPack 3 or FixPack 4, recommendation is to upgrade to the latest version and then apply the efix directly.

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

14 Feb 2020: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
13 April 2021

Initial Publish date:
14 February 2020

UID

ibm15693247

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