CVE-2013-2160
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.0
Description
Missing XML Validation in Apache CXF
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Apache CXF < 2.5.10/2.6.7/2.7.4 - Denial of Service
Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs | >=2.5.0,<2.5.10 | 2.5.10 |
| Maven | org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs | >=2.6.0,<2.6.7 | 2.6.7 |
| Maven | org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs | >=2.7.0,<2.7.4 | 2.7.4 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | cxf | 2.5.0 | |
| apache | cxf | 2.5.1 | |
| apache | cxf | 2.5.2 | |
| apache | cxf | 2.5.3 | |
| apache | cxf | 2.5.4 | |
| apache | cxf | 2.5.5 | |
| apache | cxf | 2.5.6 | |
| apache | cxf | 2.5.7 | |
| apache | cxf | 2.5.8 | |
| apache | cxf | 2.5.9 | |
| apache | cxf | 2.6.0 | |
| apache | cxf | 2.6.1 | |
| apache | cxf | 2.6.2 | |
| apache | cxf | 2.6.3 | |
| apache | cxf | 2.6.4 | |
| apache | cxf | 2.6.5 | |
| apache | cxf | 2.6.6 | |
| apache | cxf | 2.7.0 | |
| apache | cxf | 2.7.1 | |
| apache | cxf | 2.7.2 | |
| apache | cxf | 2.7.3 | |
References
- http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/WSTX-285
- http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/WSTX-287
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1437.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=929197
- https://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2013-2160.txt.asc
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2160
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c@%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
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.