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CVE-2023-40743GHSA-RMQP-9W4C-GC7W

Apache Axis 1.x (EOL) may allow RCE when untrusted input is passed to getService

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Low (apache)
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  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** When integrating Apache Axis 1.x in an application, it may not have been obvious that looking up a service through "ServiceFactory.getService" allows potentially dangerous lookup mechanisms such as LDAP. When passing untrusted input to this API method, this could expose the application to DoS, SSRF and even attacks leading to RCE. As Axis 1 has been EOL we recommend you migrate to a different SOAP engine, such as Apache Axis 2/Java. As a workaround, you may review your code to verify no untrusted or unsanitized input is passed to "ServiceFactory.getService", or by applying the patch from https://github.com/apache/axis-axis1-java/commit/7e66753427466590d6def0125e448d2791723210 . The Apache Axis project does not expect to create an Axis 1.x release fixing this problem, though contributors that would like to work towards this are welcome.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Axis

    through 1.3

  • org.apache.axis:axisMaven

    through 1.4

  • axis:axisMaven

    through 1.4

References 3

GitHub · apache/axis-axis1-java

lists.apache.org

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