SCA: security update for org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs (GHSA-gw5j-77f9-v2g2)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 415333

Description

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

- The SamlHeaderInHandler in Apache CXF before 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.8, and 3.0.x before 3.0.1 allows
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted SAML token in the
authorization header of a request to a JAX-RS service. (CVE-2014-3584)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gw5j-77f9-v2g2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 415333

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3584

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/24/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3584

BID: 70738

cwe: CWE-835