82781 : Apache CXF WS-SecurityPolicy Supporting Token Children Specification Token Signing Verification Weakness
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2012-06-06

Description

Apache CXF contains a flaw that is triggered when an certain SupportingToken policy assertions are not properly read by a client when a Supporting Token is used to sign or encrypt certain parts of child policies of WS-SecurityPolicy 1.1. This may make it easier for an attacker to compromise a users system.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.4.8, 2.5.4 or 2.6.1 or higher, as they have been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

The Apache Software Foundation	Apache CXF	2.4.5
		2.4.6
		2.4.7
		2.5.1
		2.5.2
		2.5.3
		2.6.0

References

CVE ID: 2012-2379 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 49361 51577 51607 51984
Bugtraq ID: 53877
Related OSVDB ID: 82782
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://cxf.apache.org/cve-2012-2379.html
Packet Storm: http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/113436/Apache-CXF-Failed-Element-Verification.html
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/118799/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2012-1559-01.html
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/118800/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2012-1573-01.html
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1338219
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2012:1559 RHSA-2012:1573 RHSA-2012:1591 RHSA-2012:1592 RHSA-2012:1594 RHSA-2013:0191 RHSA-2013:0192 RHSA-2013:0193 RHSA-2013:0194 RHSA-2013:0195 RHSA-2013:0196 RHSA-2013:0197 RHSA-2013:0198

Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2013-01-03 | Disagree?

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