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Advisory details: gitlab / maven/org.apache.cxf/cxf/CVE-2021-30468
Advisory ID gitlab/maven/org.apache.cxf/cxf/CVE-2021-30468
Aliases CVE-2021-30468
GHSA-g23v-p5jq-jvh4
Summary Uncontrolled Resource Consumption A vulnerability in the JsonMapObjectReaderWriter of Apache CXF allows an attacker to submit malformed JSON to a web service, which results in the thread getting stuck in an infinite loop, consuming CPU indefinitely. This issue affects Apache CXF versions prior to 3.4.4; Apache CXF versions prior to 3.3.11.
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://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3f46ae38e4a6e80c069cdb320e0ce831b0a21a12ef0cc92c0943f34a@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4771084730c4cf6e59eda60b4407122c86f174eb750b24f610ba9ff4@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4a4b6bc0520b69c18d2a59daa6af84ae49f0c22164dccb8538794459@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4a4b6bc0520b69c18d2a59daa6af84ae49f0c22164dccb8538794459@%3Cdev.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4a4b6bc0520b69c18d2a59daa6af84ae49f0c22164dccb8538794459@%3Cusers.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54c0f1cbbb9f381dfbedb9ea5e90ecb1c0a15371f40c4b10322ac737@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra833f78b3fa577cb43558cf343859a1bf70b1c5ce2353b3877d96422@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rac07822057521dccf33ab5d136e0e8c599a6e2c8ac75e44ffbdc6e07@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re5b2a2b77faa22684d47bd2ac6623135c615565328ff40a1ec705448@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re9e05c6cab5f0dcc827eba4e6fcf26fa0b493e7ca84d62c867a80d03@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210917-0002/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/16/2
cpuoct2021.html Other https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
CVE-2021-30468 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30468
CVE-2021-30468.TXT.ASC http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2021-30468.txt.asc
GHSA-g23v-p5jq-jvh4 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g23v-p5jq-jvh4
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.apache.cxf/cxf/CVE-2021-30468.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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.apache.cxf/cxf/CVE-2021-30468.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.