CVE-2014-0109

CXF: HTML content posted to SOAP endpoint could cause OOM errors

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Apache CXF before 2.6.14 and 2.7.x before 2.7.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large request with the Content-Type set to text/html to a SOAP endpoint, which triggers an error.

Apache CXF anterior a 2.6.14 y 2.7.x anterior a 2.7.11 permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (consumo de memoria) a través de una solicitud grande con la configuración Content-Type hacia text/html hacia un endpoint SOAP, lo que provoca un error.

A denial of service flaw was found in the way Apache CXF created error messages for certain POST requests. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request which, when processed by an application using Apache CXF, could consume an excessive amount of memory on the system, possibly triggering an Out Of Memory (OOM) error.

Red Hat JBoss Fuse, based on Apache ServiceMix, provides a small-footprint, flexible, open source enterprise service bus and integration platform. Red Hat JBoss A-MQ, based on Apache ActiveMQ, is a standards compliant messaging system that is tailored for use in mission critical applications. This patch is an update to Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.1.0 and Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.1.0. It includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in the readme.txt file included with the patch files. The following security issues are addressed in this release: It was discovered that Apache Shiro authenticated users without specifying a user name or a password when used in conjunction with an LDAP back end that allowed unauthenticated binds.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2013-12-03 CVE Reserved
2014-05-08 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors
CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CAPEC

References (13)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030201	Vdb Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1351.html	2023-11-07
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0850.html	2023-11-07
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0851.html	2023-11-07
https://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2014-0109.txt.asc?version=1&modificationDate=1398873370740&api=v2	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0109	2015-05-14
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1093526	2015-05-14

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.7.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.7.0"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.7.1 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.7.1"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.7.2 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.7.2"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.7.3 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.7.3"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.7.4 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.7.4"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.7.5 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.7.5"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.7.6 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.7.6"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.7.7 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.7.7"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.7.8 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.7.8"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.7.9 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.7.9"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.7.10 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.7.10"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				<= 2.6.13 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version " <= 2.6.13"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.4.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.4.0"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.4.1 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.4.1"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.4.2 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.4.2"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.4.3 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.4.3"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.4.4 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.4.4"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.4.5 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.4.5"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.4.6 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.4.6"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.4.7 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.4.7"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.5.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.5.0"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.5.1 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.5.1"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.5.2 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.5.2"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.5.3 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.5.3"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.5.4 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.5.4"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.5.5 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.5.5"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.5.6 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.5.6"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.5.7 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.5.7"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.5.8 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.5.8"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.5.9 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.5.9"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.6.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.6.0"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.6.1 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.6.1"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.6.2 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.6.2"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.6.3 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.6.3"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.6.4 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.6.4"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.6.5 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.6.5"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.6.6 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.6.6"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.6.7 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.6.7"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.6.8 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.6.8"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.6.9 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.6.9"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.6.10 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.6.10"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.6.11 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.6.11"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.6.12 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.6.12"		-		Affected