Apache CXF before 2.4.9, 2.5.x before 2.5.5, and 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to execute unintended web-service operations by sending a header with a SOAP Action String that is inconsistent with the message body.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - Apache CXF before 2.4.9, 2.5.x before 2.5.5, and 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to execute
    unintended web-service operations by sending a header with a SOAP Action String that is inconsistent with
    the message body. (CVE-2012-3451)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2013:0259 advisory.

  - jbossws-cxf, apache-cxf: SOAPAction spoofing on document literal web services (CVE-2012-3451)

  - jbossws-cxf, apache-cxf: Bypass of security constraints on WS endpoints when using WSS4JInInterceptor     (CVE-2012-5633)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2013:0257 advisory.

    JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a platform for Java applications,     which integrates the JBoss Application Server with JBoss Hibernate and     JBoss Seam.

    If web services were deployed using Apache CXF with the WSS4JInInterceptor     enabled to apply WS-Security processing, HTTP GET requests to these     services were always granted access, without applying authentication     checks. The URIMappingInterceptor is a legacy mechanism for allowing     REST-like access (via GET requests) to simple SOAP services. A remote     attacker could use this flaw to access the REST-like interface of a simple     SOAP service using GET requests that bypass the security constraints     applied by WSS4JInInterceptor. This flaw was only exploitable if     WSS4JInInterceptor was used to apply WS-Security processing. Services that     use WS-SecurityPolicy to apply security were not affected. (CVE-2012-5633)

    It was found that Apache CXF was vulnerable to SOAPAction spoofing attacks     under certain conditions. If web services were exposed via Apache CXF that     use a unique SOAPAction for each service operation, then a remote attacker     could perform SOAPAction spoofing to call a forbidden operation if it     accepts the same parameters as an allowed operation. WS-Policy validation     was performed against the operation being invoked, and an attack must pass     validation to be successful. (CVE-2012-3451)

    Note that the CVE-2012-3451 and CVE-2012-5633 issues only affected     environments that have JBoss Web Services CXF installed.

    Red Hat would like to thank the Apache CXF project for reporting     CVE-2012-3451.

    Warning: Before applying this update, back up your existing JBoss     Enterprise Application Platform installation (including all applications     and configuration files).

    All users of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 on Red Hat     Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6 are advised to upgrade to this updated     package. The JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take     effect.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Updated JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.0.1 packages that fix multiple security issues, various bugs, and add enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 is a platform for Java applications based on JBoss Application Server 7.

This release serves as a replacement for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.0.0, and includes bug fixes and enhancements. Refer to the 6.0.1 Release Notes for information on the most significant of these changes, available shortly from https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/

This update removes unused signed JARs; unused SHA1 checksums from JAR MANIFEST.MF files to reduce the Server memory footprint; adds MANIFEST.MF to JAR files where it was previously missing; and removes redundant Javadoc files from the main packages. (BZ#830291)

Security fixes :

Apache CXF checked to ensure XML elements were signed or encrypted by a Supporting Token, but not whether the correct token was used. A remote attacker could transmit confidential information without the appropriate security, and potentially circumvent access controls on web services exposed via Apache CXF. (CVE-2012-2379)

When using role-based authorization to configure EJB access, JACC permissions should be used to determine access; however, due to a flaw the configured authorization modules (JACC, XACML, etc.) were not called, and the JACC permissions were not used to determine access to an EJB. (CVE-2012-4550)

A flaw in the way Apache CXF enforced child policies of WS-SecurityPolicy 1.1 on the client side could, in certain cases, lead to a client failing to sign or encrypt certain elements as directed by the security policy, leading to information disclosure and insecure information transmission. (CVE-2012-2378)

A flaw was found in the way IronJacamar authenticated credentials and returned a valid datasource connection when configured to 'allow-multiple-users'. A remote attacker, provided the correct subject, could obtain a datasource connection that might belong to a privileged user. (CVE-2012-3428)

It was found that Apache CXF was vulnerable to SOAPAction spoofing attacks under certain conditions. Note that WS-Policy validation is performed against the operation being invoked, and an attack must pass validation to be successful. (CVE-2012-3451)

When there are no allowed roles for an EJB method invocation, the invocation should be denied for all users. It was found that the processInvocation() method in org.jboss.as.ejb3.security.AuthorizationInterceptor incorrectly authorizes all method invocations to proceed when the list of allowed roles is empty. (CVE-2012-4549)

It was found that in Mojarra, the FacesContext that is made available during application startup is held in a ThreadLocal. The reference is not properly cleaned up in all cases. As a result, if a JavaServer Faces (JSF) WAR calls FacesContext.getCurrentInstance() during application startup, another WAR can get access to the leftover context and thus get access to the other WAR's resources. A local attacker could use this flaw to access another WAR's resources using a crafted, deployed application. (CVE-2012-2672)

An input sanitization flaw was found in the mod_negotiation Apache HTTP Server module. A remote attacker able to upload or create files with arbitrary names in a directory that has the MultiViews options enabled, could use this flaw to conduct cross-site scripting attacks against users visiting the site. (CVE-2008-0455, CVE-2012-2687)

Red Hat would like to thank the Apache CXF project for reporting CVE-2012-2379, CVE-2012-2378, and CVE-2012-3451. The CVE-2012-4550 issue was discovered by Josef Cacek of the Red Hat JBoss EAP Quality Engineering team; CVE-2012-3428 and CVE-2012-4549 were discovered by Arun Neelicattu of the Red Hat Security Response Team; and CVE-2012-2672 was discovered by Marek Schmidt and Stan Silvert of Red Hat.

Warning: Before applying this update, back up your existing JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation and deployed applications. Refer to the Solution section for further details.

Updated JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.0.1 packages that fix multiple security issues, various bugs, and add enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 is a platform for Java applications based on JBoss Application Server 7.

This release serves as a replacement for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.0.0, and includes bug fixes and enhancements. Refer to the 6.0.1 Release Notes for information on the most significant of these changes, available shortly from https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/

This update removes unused signed JARs; unused SHA1 checksums from JAR MANIFEST.MF files to reduce the Server memory footprint; adds MANIFEST.MF to JAR files where it was previously missing; and removes redundant Javadoc files from the main packages. (BZ#853551)

Security fixes :

Apache CXF checked to ensure XML elements were signed or encrypted by a Supporting Token, but not whether the correct token was used. A remote attacker could transmit confidential information without the appropriate security, and potentially circumvent access controls on web services exposed via Apache CXF. (CVE-2012-2379)

When using role-based authorization to configure EJB access, JACC permissions should be used to determine access; however, due to a flaw the configured authorization modules (JACC, XACML, etc.) were not called, and the JACC permissions were not used to determine access to an EJB. (CVE-2012-4550)

A flaw in the way Apache CXF enforced child policies of WS-SecurityPolicy 1.1 on the client side could, in certain cases, lead to a client failing to sign or encrypt certain elements as directed by the security policy, leading to information disclosure and insecure information transmission. (CVE-2012-2378)

A flaw was found in the way IronJacamar authenticated credentials and returned a valid datasource connection when configured to 'allow-multiple-users'. A remote attacker, provided the correct subject, could obtain a datasource connection that might belong to a privileged user. (CVE-2012-3428)

It was found that Apache CXF was vulnerable to SOAPAction spoofing attacks under certain conditions. Note that WS-Policy validation is performed against the operation being invoked, and an attack must pass validation to be successful. (CVE-2012-3451)

When there are no allowed roles for an EJB method invocation, the invocation should be denied for all users. It was found that the processInvocation() method in org.jboss.as.ejb3.security.AuthorizationInterceptor incorrectly authorizes all method invocations to proceed when the list of allowed roles is empty. (CVE-2012-4549)

It was found that in Mojarra, the FacesContext that is made available during application startup is held in a ThreadLocal. The reference is not properly cleaned up in all cases. As a result, if a JavaServer Faces (JSF) WAR calls FacesContext.getCurrentInstance() during application startup, another WAR can get access to the leftover context and thus get access to the other WAR's resources. A local attacker could use this flaw to access another WAR's resources using a crafted, deployed application. (CVE-2012-2672)

An input sanitization flaw was found in the mod_negotiation Apache HTTP Server module. A remote attacker able to upload or create files with arbitrary names in a directory that has the MultiViews options enabled, could use this flaw to conduct cross-site scripting attacks against users visiting the site. (CVE-2008-0455, CVE-2012-2687)

Red Hat would like to thank the Apache CXF project for reporting CVE-2012-2379, CVE-2012-2378, and CVE-2012-3451. The CVE-2012-4550 issue was discovered by Josef Cacek of the Red Hat JBoss EAP Quality Engineering team; CVE-2012-3428 and CVE-2012-4549 were discovered by Arun Neelicattu of the Red Hat Security Response Team; and CVE-2012-2672 was discovered by Marek Schmidt and Stan Silvert of Red Hat.

Warning: Before applying this update, back up your existing JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation and deployed applications. Refer to the Solution section for further details.

- Place depmap fragments in subpackages

    - Add parent of parent POM file

    - Update to latest release

    - CVE-2012-2379, RHBZ#846247

    - CVE-2012-2378, RHBZ#846242

    - CVE-2012-3451, RHBZ#858781

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
410591	SCA: security update for org.apache.cxf:cxf (GHSA-55j7-f5wf-43m4)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
410591	SCA: security update for org.apache.cxf:cxf (GHSA-55j7-f5wf-43m4)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
193677	RHEL 5 / 6 : JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.2.0 (RHSA-2013:0259)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	medium
64628	RHEL 5 / 6 : JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 (RHSA-2013:0257)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	medium
64072	RHEL 6 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2012:1592)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	critical
64071	RHEL 5 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2012:1591)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	critical
62502	Fedora 17 : cxf-2.4.9-2.fc17 (2012-15329)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	critical
62454	Fedora 18 : cxf-2.4.9-2.fc18 (2012-15293)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	critical

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