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SCA: security update for org.apache.cxf:cxf-core (GHSA-7vgj-8mw4-hg8r)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 412280

Description

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

 - Apache CXF supports sending and receiving attachments via either the JAX-WS or JAX-RS specifications. It
 is possible to craft a message attachment header that could lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack on a
 CXF web service provider. Both JAX-WS and JAX-RS services are vulnerable to this attack. From Apache CXF
 3.2.1 and 3.1.14, message attachment headers that are greater than 300 characters will be rejected by
 default. This value is configurable via the property "attachment-max-header-size". (CVE-2017-12624)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7vgj-8mw4-hg8r

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 412280

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: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12624

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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: 11/14/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12624

BID: 101859

cwe: CWE-20