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CVE-2018-8039

HIGH 8.1EPSS 8.5%

It is possible to configure Apache CXF to use the com.sun.net.ssl implementation via 'System.setProperty("java.protocol.handler.pkgs", "com.sun.net.ssl.internal.www.protocol");'. When this system property is set, CXF uses some reflection to try to make the HostnameVerifier work with the old com.sun.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier interface. However, the default HostnameVerifier implementation in CXF does not implement the method in this interface, and an exception is thrown. However, in Apache CXF prior to 3.2.5 and 3.1.16 the exception is caught in the reflection code and not properly propagated. What this means is that if you are using the com.sun.net.ssl stack with CXF, an error with TLS hostname verification will not be thrown, leaving a CXF client subject to man-in-the-middle attacks.

Affected
Apache Software Foundation · Apache CXF
CVSS v3.0 NVD
8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0 NVD
6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
8.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 95th percentile
Published
2018-07-02
Updated
2024-09-17

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

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