Bug 905722 – CVE-2013-0239 jbossws-cxf, apache-cxf: UsernameTokenPolicyValidator and UsernameTokenInterceptor allow empty passwords to authenticate

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Bug 905722 - (CVE-2013-0239) CVE-2013-0239 jbossws-cxf, apache-cxf: UsernameTokenPolicyValidator and UsernameTokenInterceptor allow empty passwords to authenticate

Summary:	CVE-2013-0239 jbossws-cxf, apache-cxf: UsernameTokenPolicyValidator and Usern...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2013-0239

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	896347 901329 909247 909248 910936 910943
Blocks:	905724
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Reported:	2013-01-29 21:37 EST by David Jorm
Modified:	2014-10-20 20:04 EDT (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2013-04-16 15:14:46 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2013:0644	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: apache-cxf security update	2013-03-13 18:49:09 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2013:0645	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: apache-cxf security update	2013-03-13 18:49:02 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2013:0649	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: Fuse ESB Enterprise 7.1.0 update	2013-03-14 16:48:11 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2013:0749	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: apache-cxf security update	2013-04-16 18:53:46 EDT

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Description David Jorm 2013-01-29 21:37:22 EST

It was found that the Apache CXF UsernameTokenPolicyValidator and UsernameTokenInterceptor allow a UsernameToken element with no password child element to bypass authentication. A remote attacker could use this flaw to circumvent access controls applied to web services by omitting the password in a UsernameToken. If an incorrect password is provided, authentication will fail, but if the password is omitted, it will succeed. This flaw is exploitable on web services that rely on WS-SecurityPolicy plaintext UsernameTokens to authenticate users. It is not exploitable when using hashed passwords or WS-Security without WS-SecurityPolicy.

Comment 1 David Jorm 2013-01-29 21:49:54 EST

Upstream bug for Apache CXF:

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CXF-4776

Upstream trunk patch commit:

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1438424

Comment 2 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-02-08 08:59:22 EST

Upstream advisory: http://cxf.apache.org/cve-2013-0239.html

Comment 4 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-02-08 09:06:44 EST

Created cxf tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 909247]

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2013-03-13 14:49:45 EDT

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.0.1

Via RHSA-2013:0645 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0645.html

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2013-03-13 14:50:03 EDT

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  JBEAP 6 for RHEL 5
  JBEAP 6 for RHEL 6

Via RHSA-2013:0644 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0644.html

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2013-03-14 12:49:09 EDT

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Fuse ESB Enterprise 7.1.0 Patch 3

Via RHSA-2013:0649 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0649.html

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2013-04-16 14:54:14 EDT

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  JBoss Portal Platform 6.0.0

Via RHSA-2013:0749 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0749.html

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