CVE-2017-5656

cxf: CXF's STSClient uses a flawed way of caching tokens that are associated with delegation tokens

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Apache CXF's STSClient before 3.1.11 and 3.0.13 uses a flawed way of caching tokens that are associated with delegation tokens, which means that an attacker could craft a token which would return an identifer corresponding to a cached token for another user.

Apache CXF's STSClient en versiones anteriores a 3.1.11 y 3.0.13 utiliza un modo defectuoso de los tokens de caché que están asociados al los tokens de delegación, lo que significa que el atacante puede modificar el token el cual puede devolver el identificador correspondiente al token de cacheo a otro usuario.

It was found that the token cacher in Apache cxf uses a flawed way of caching tokens that are associated with the delegation token received from Security Token Service (STS). This vulnerability could allow an attacker to craft a token which could return an identifier corresponding to a cached token for another user.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-01-29 CVE Reserved
2017-04-18 CVE Published
2023-07-23 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-384: Session Fixation

CAPEC

References (13)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97971	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038282	Third Party Advisory
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
http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2017-5656.txt.asc?version=1&modificationDate=1492515113282&api=v2	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1832	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1694	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5656	2018-05-22
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1445329	2018-05-22

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"				>= 3.0.0 < 3.0.13 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version " >= 3.0.0 < 3.0.13"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				>= 3.1.0 < 3.1.11 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version " >= 3.1.0 < 3.1.11"		-		Affected