CVE-2016-6812
medium
CVSS v3
6.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.1
Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Apache CXF
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
71%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.cxf:cxf-core | <3.0.12 | 3.0.12 |
| Maven | org.apache.cxf:cxf-core | >=3.1.0,<3.1.9 | 3.1.9 |
References
- http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2016-6812.txt.asc
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97582
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037543
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CXF-6216
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6812
- https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/1be97cb13aef121b799b1be4d9793c0e8b925a12
- https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/1f824d8039c7a42a4aa46f844e6c800e1143c7e7
- https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/32e89366e2daa5670ac7a5c5c19f0bf9329a4c1e
- https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/a30397b0
- https://github.com/apache/cxf
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.