Apache WSS4J before 1.6.17 and 2.x before 2.0.2, as used in Apache CXF 2.7.x before 2.7.13 and 3.0.x before 3.0.2, when using TransportBinding, does not properly enforce the SAML SubjectConfirmation method security semantics, which allows remote attackers to conduct spoofing attacks via unspecified vectors.

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

  - Apache WSS4J before 1.6.17 and 2.x before 2.0.2, as used in Apache CXF 2.7.x before 2.7.13 and 3.0.x
    before 3.0.2, when using TransportBinding, does not properly enforce the SAML SubjectConfirmation method
    security semantics, which allows remote attackers to conduct spoofing attacks via unspecified vectors.
    (CVE-2014-3623)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2014:2019 advisory.

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

    It was discovered that the Apache CXF incorrectly extracted the host name     from an X.509 certificate subject's Common Name (CN) field.
    A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to spoof an SSL server     using a specially crafted X.509 certificate. (CVE-2012-6153, CVE-2014-3577)

    It was found that Apache WSS4J (Web Services Security for Java), as used by     Apache CXF with the TransportBinding, did not, by default, properly enforce     all security requirements associated with SAML SubjectConfirmation methods.
    A remote attacker could use this flaw to perform various types of spoofing     attacks on web service endpoints secured by WSS4j that rely on SAML for     authentication. (CVE-2014-3623)

    The CVE-2012-6153 issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of Red Hat     Product Security.

    All users of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3.2 on Red     Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7 are advised to upgrade to these updated     packages. 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.

Security fix for CVE-2014-3623

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.

Security fix for CVE-2014-3623)

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	Severity
413181	SCA: security update for org.apache.ws.security:wss4j, org.apache.wss4j:wss4j-ws-security-dom (GHSA-99v3-9x35-c5vf)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	medium
413181	SCA: security update for org.apache.ws.security:wss4j, org.apache.wss4j:wss4j-ws-security-dom (GHSA-99v3-9x35-c5vf)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	medium
80159	RHEL 5 / 6 / 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3.2 (RHSA-2014:2019)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
78900	Fedora 20 : wss4j-1.6.17-1.fc20 (2014-13720)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
78811	Fedora 21 : wss4j-1.6.17-1.fc21 (2014-13831)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

Detections

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CVE-2014-3623

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