Covert Timing Channel in Apache CXF
High severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
May 13, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Dec 21, 2023
Package
Affected versions
<= 3.0.12
>= 3.1.0, <= 3.1.9
Patched versions
3.0.13
3.1.10
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Aug 10, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 13, 2022
Reviewed
Jul 1, 2022
Last updated
Dec 21, 2023
Credits
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sunSUNQ Analyst
The OAuth2 Hawk and JOSE MAC Validation code in Apache CXF prior to 3.0.13 and 3.1.x prior to 3.1.10 is not using a constant time MAC signature comparison algorithm which may be exploited by sophisticated timing attacks.
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