CVE-2021-30468

Apache CXF Denial of service vulnerability in parsing JSON via JsonMapObjectReaderWriter

Published: Jun 16, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-400

7.5HIGH

Description

A vulnerability in the JsonMapObjectReaderWriter of Apache CXF allows an attacker to submit malformed JSON to a web service, which results in the thread getting stuck in an infinite loop, consuming CPU indefinitely. This issue affects Apache CXF versions prior to 3.4.4; Apache CXF versions prior to 3.3.11.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-400 CWE-835

Affected Products

oracle

commercial·USaka oracle corp.

business intelligenceOn-premWeb App

Databases / data-warehouse-analytics

communications element managerOn-prem

Communications

communications messaging serverOn-premWeb App

Communications / messaging-chat

apache

oss-project·USaka apache http server, apache httpd

cxfLibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

tomeeLibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

Maven

package-ecosystem

org.apache.cxf:apache-cxf

OSS Libraries

org.apache.cxf:cxf

OSS Libraries

Apache Software Foundation

oss-project·USaka apache foundation

Apache CXFLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

Exploitability

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References

http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2021-30468.txt.asc

cxf.apache.org

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4a4b6bc0520b69c18d2a59daa6af84ae49f0c22164dccb8538794459%40%3Cusers.cxf.apache.org%3E

lists.apache.org

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4a4b6bc0520b69c18d2a59daa6af84ae49f0c22164dccb8538794459%40%3Cdev.cxf.apache.org%3E

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