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Advisory details: gitlab / maven/org.apache.cxf/cxf-rt-transports-http/CVE-2018-8039
Advisory ID gitlab/maven/org.apache.cxf/cxf-rt-transports-http/CVE-2018-8039
Aliases CVE-2018-8039
GHSA-jc7r-v6fg-2gpf
Summary Apache CXF TLS hostname verification does not work correctly with com.sun.net.ssl.* 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (3)
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2276
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2277
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2279
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2423
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2424
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2425
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2428
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2643
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3817
https://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2018-8039.txt.asc
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jc7r-v6fg-2gpf
https://github.com/apache/cxf
https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/8ed6208f987ff72e4c4d2cf8a6b1ec9b27575d4
https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/fae6fabf9bd7647f5e9cb68897a7d72b545b741b
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1f8ff31df204ad0374ab26ad333169e0387a5e7ec92422f337431866@%3Cdev.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8039
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
cpujan2020.html Other https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
cpujul2019-5072835.html Other https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
RHSA-2018:3768 Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3768
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.apache.cxf/cxf-rt-transports-http/CVE-2018-8039.yml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.apache.cxf/cxf-rt-transports-http/CVE-2018-8039.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

There are no SSVC decisions available.