CVE-2016-8739

CVSS V2 High 7.8 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
The JAX-RS module in Apache CXF prior to 3.0.12 and 3.1.x prior to 3.1.9 provides a number of Atom JAX-RS MessageBodyReaders. These readers use Apache Abdera Parser which expands XML entities by default which represents a major XXE risk.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-8739
  • Assigner
  • security@apache.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-08-10T18:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-06-16T12:15:10
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-611 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.0.11
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2016-8739.txt.asc Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037544 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97579 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4@%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
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8739
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8739
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:11:14 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 19:52:05 2017-08-10T18:29Z 2017-08-10T18:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 19:52:05 2021-06-16T12:15:10 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 19:52:05 Modified Vulnerability Status updated