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Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-rmqp-9w4c-gc7w
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-rmqp-9w4c-gc7w
Aliases CVE-2023-40743
Summary Apache Axis 1.x (EOL) may allow RCE when untrusted input is passed to getService 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.8
Risk 4.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-75 Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/09/GHSA-rmqp-9w4c-gc7w/GHSA-rmqp-9w4c-gc7w.json
cvssv4 9.3 https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/09/GHSA-rmqp-9w4c-gc7w/GHSA-rmqp-9w4c-gc7w.json
generic_textual CRITICAL
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/apache/axis-axis1-java
https://github.com/apache/axis-axis1-java/commit/7e66753427466590d6def0125e448d2791723210
https://lists.apache.org/thread/gs0qgk2mgss7zfhzdd6ftfjvm4kp7v82
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00025.html
CVE-2023-40743 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40743
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/09/GHSA-rmqp-9w4c-gc7w/GHSA-rmqp-9w4c-gc7w.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/09/GHSA-rmqp-9w4c-gc7w/GHSA-rmqp-9w4c-gc7w.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-07-18T15:52:10Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2023/40xxx/CVE-2023-40743.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2023-40743

View SSVC decision tree 
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 {'Automatable': 'yes'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'total'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]