Vulnerability CVE-2018-8039


Published: 2018-07-02

Description:
It is possible to configure Apache CXF to use the com.sun.net.ssl implementation via 'System.setProperty("java.protocol.handler.pkgs", "com.sun.net.ssl.internal.www.protocol");'. When this system property is set, CXF uses some reflection to try to make the HostnameVerifier work with the old com.sun.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier interface. However, the default HostnameVerifier implementation in CXF does not implement the method in this interface, and an exception is thrown. However, in Apache CXF prior to 3.2.5 and 3.1.16 the exception is caught in the reflection code and not properly propagated. What this means is that if you are using the com.sun.net.ssl stack with CXF, an error with TLS hostname verification will not be thrown, leaving a CXF client subject to man-in-the-middle attacks.

Type:

CWE-755

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Redhat -> Jboss enterprise application platform 
Apache -> CXF 

 References:
http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2018-8039.txt.asc?version=1&modificationDate=1530184663000&api=v2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106357
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041199
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2276
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2277
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2279
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2423
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2424
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2425
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2428
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2643
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3768
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3817
https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/fae6fabf9bd7647f5e9cb68897a7d72b545b741b
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1f8ff31df204ad0374ab26ad333169e0387a5e7ec92422f337431866@%3Cdev.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html

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