CVE-2017-5653
mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.112 · 96 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
JAX-RS XML Security streaming clients in Apache CXF before 3.1.11 and 3.0.13 do not validate that the service response was signed or encrypted, which allows remote attackers to spoof servers.
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affected products (6)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-hgg6-8x62-m9gfImproper Certificate Validation in Apache CXF2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
JAX-RS XML Security streaming clients in Apache CXF before 3.1.11 and 3.0.13 do not validate that the service response was signed or encrypted, which allows remote attackers to spoof servers.
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references (32)
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- http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2017-5653.txt.asc?version=1&modificationDate=1492515074710&api=v2cnnvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10958165cnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038279cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1832cnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
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