Security Bulletin: Apache CXF (Publicly disclosed vulnerability)

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

Remediation/Fixes

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.