Apache Axis up to 1.x API ServiceFactory.java ServiceFactory.getService input validation

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Apache Axis up to 1.x. The affected element is the function ServiceFactory.getService of the file axis-rt-core/src/main/java/org/apache/axis/client/ServiceFactory.java of the component API. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-40743. There is no available exploit. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Apache Axis up to 1.x and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function ServiceFactory.getService of the file axis-rt-core/src/main/java/org/apache/axis/client/ServiceFactory.java of the component API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

** UNSUPPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** ** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** When integrating Apache Axis 1.x in an application, it may not have been obvious that looking up a service through "ServiceFactory.getService" allows potentially dangerous lookup mechanisms such as LDAP. When passing untrusted input to this API method, this could expose the application to DoS, SSRF and even attacks leading to RCE. As Axis 1 has been EOL we recommend you migrate to a different SOAP engine, such as Apache Axis 2/Java. As a workaround, you may review your code to verify no untrusted or unsanitized input is passed to "ServiceFactory.getService", or by applying the patch from https://github.com/apache/axis-axis1-java/commit/7e66753427466590d6def0125e448d2791723210 . The Apache Axis project does not expect to create an Axis 1.x release fixing this problem, though contributors that would like to work towards this are welcome.

The weakness was presented 09/05/2023 as 7e66753427466590d6def0125e448d2791723210. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-40743 since 08/21/2023. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Applying the patch 7e66753427466590d6def0125e448d2791723210 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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• Apache

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• Axis

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• 1.x

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• free

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• end of life

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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