** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** When integrating Apache Axis 1.x in an application, it may not have been obvious that looking up a service through "ServiceFactory.getService" allows potentially dangerous lookup mechanisms such as LDAP. When passing untrusted input to this API method, this could expose the application to DoS, SSRF and even attacks leading to RCE. As Axis 1 has been EOL we recommend you migrate to a different SOAP engine, such as Apache Axis 2/Java. As a workaround, you may review your code to verify no untrusted or unsanitized input is passed to "ServiceFactory.getService", or by applying the patch from https://github.com/apache/axis-axis1-java/commit/7e66753427466590d6def0125e448d2791723210 . The Apache Axis project does not expect to create an Axis 1.x release fixing this problem, though contributors that would like to work towards this are welcome.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6470-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Axis incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were     tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to     cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-40743)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3622 advisory.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3622-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                      Markus Koschany     October 17, 2023                              https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : axis     Version        : 1.4-28+deb10u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2023-40743     Debian Bug     : 1051288

    Letian Yuan discovered a flaw in Apache Axis 1.x, a SOAP implementation written     in Java. It may not have been obvious that looking up a service through     ServiceFactory.getService allows potentially dangerous lookup mechanisms such     as LDAP. When passing untrusted input to this API method, this could expose the     application to DoS, SSRF and even attacks leading to remote code execution.

    For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version     1.4-28+deb10u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your axis packages.

    For the detailed security status of axis please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/axis

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS     Attachment:
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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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

The version of axis installed on the remote host is prior to 1.2.1-7.5.15. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1840 advisory.

    ** UNSUPPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** ** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** When integrating Apache Axis 1.x in an     application, it may not have been obvious that looking up a service through ServiceFactory.getService     allows potentially dangerous lookup mechanisms such as LDAP. When passing untrusted input to this API     method, this could expose the application to DoS, SSRF and even attacks leading to RCE.

    As Axis 1 has been EOL we recommend you migrate to a different SOAP engine, such as Apache Axis 2/Java. As     a workaround, you may review your code to verify no untrusted or unsanitized input is passed to     ServiceFactory.getService, or by applying the patch from  https://github.com/apache/axis-     axis1-java/commit/7e66753427466590d6def0125e448d2791723210 . The Apache Axis project does not expect to     create an Axis 1.x release fixing this problem, though contributors that would like to work towards this     are welcome. (CVE-2023-40743)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
184209	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 : Axis vulnerability (USN-6470-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
183688	Debian dla-3622 : libaxis-java - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
182702	Amazon Linux AMI : axis (ALAS-2023-1840)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	critical

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