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Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2023 09:35:40 +0000
From: Arnout Engelen <engelen@...che.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE-2023-40743: Apache Axis 1.x (EOL) may allow RCE when untrusted
 input is passed to getService 

Severity: low

Affected versions:

- Apache Axis through 1.3

Description:

** 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.

Credit:

Letian Yuan (finder)

References:

https://github.com/apache/axis-axis1-java/commit/7e66753427466590d6def0125e448d2791723210
https://axis.apache.org/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40743

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