CVE-2013-0239

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2013-02-08
Bugzilla:
905722: CVE-2013-0239 jbossws-cxf, apache-cxf: UsernameTokenPolicyValidator and UsernameTokenInterceptor allow empty passwords to authenticate

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Apache CXF before 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3, when the plaintext UsernameToken WS-SecurityPolicy is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a security header of a SOAP request containing a UsernameToken element that lacks a password child element.

Find out more about CVE-2013-0239 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.4
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 5 Server (apache-cxf) RHSA-2013:0644 2013-03-13
Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.0 RHSA-2013:0749 2013-04-16
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.0 RHSA-2013:0645 2013-03-13
Fuse ESB Enterprise 7.1.0 RHSA-2013:0649 2013-03-14
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 Server (apache-cxf) RHSA-2013:0644 2013-03-13

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