QID 356368

Date Published: 2023-10-18

QID 356368: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for axis : ALAS-2023-1840

** 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. (
( CVE-2023-40743)



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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a securitybreach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
    • Solution
    Please refer to Amazon advisory: ALAS-2023-1840 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 356368

    CVE-2023-40743 |
    Software Advisories
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