CVE-2016-8739
Apache CXF JAX-RS implementation provides a number of Atom MessageBodyReaders. These readers use Apache Abdera Parser to parse Atom feeds or Entries, with this Parser expanding XML entities by default. It was found that this represents a major XXE risk.
Find out more about CVE-2016-8739 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 6.5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Low |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.3 | RHSA-2017:0868 | 2017-04-03 |
| Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.3 | RHSA-2017:0868 | 2017-04-03 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 | cxf | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | cxf | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal Platform 6 | cxf | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 | cxf | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6.0.0 | cxf | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 5 | cxf | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | cxf | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | cxf | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 | cxf | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 | cxf | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 | cxf | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 | cxf | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 | cxf | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6 | cxf | Not affected |