The JAX-RS module in Apache CXF prior to 3.0.12 and 3.1.x prior to 3.1.9 provides a number of Atom JAX-RS MessageBodyReaders. These readers use Apache Abdera Parser which expands XML entities by default which represents a major XXE risk.

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

  - The JAX-RS module in Apache CXF prior to 3.0.12 and 3.1.x prior to 3.1.9 provides a number of Atom JAX-RS
    MessageBodyReaders. These readers use Apache Abdera Parser which expands XML entities by default which
    represents a major XXE risk. (CVE-2016-8739)

fixes CVE-2016-6812 CVE-2016-8739 (rhbz#1406810,1406811,1406813)

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ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
420369	SCA: security update for org.apache.cxf:cxf-core (GHSA-x7xf-253v-x3w8)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
420369	SCA: security update for org.apache.cxf:cxf-core (GHSA-x7xf-253v-x3w8)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high
96199	Fedora 25 : 1:cxf (2016-2361e1e07a)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2016-8739

high

Tenable Plugins

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high

high