CVE-2019-12406: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

November 6, 2019 (updated November 13, 2019)

Apache CXF does not restrict the number of message attachments present in a given message. This leaves open the possibility of a denial of service type attack, where a malicious user crafts a message containing a very large number of message attachments.

References

cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-12406.txt.asc
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12406

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