CVE-2021-22696 in Apache and Oracle Products
Published on April 2, 2021
OAuth 2 authorization service vulnerable to DDos attacks
Weakness Types
What is a SSRF Vulnerability?
The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. By providing URLs to unexpected hosts or ports, attackers can make it appear that the server is sending the request, possibly bypassing access controls such as firewalls that prevent the attackers from accessing the URLs directly. The server can be used as a proxy to conduct port scanning of hosts in internal networks, use other URLs such as that can access documents on the system (using file://), or use other protocols such as gopher:// or tftp://, which may provide greater control over the contents of requests.
CVE-2021-22696 has been classified to as a SSRF vulnerability or weakness.
What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
CVE-2021-22696 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-22696
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Affected Versions
Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF:- Version unspecified and below 3.4.3 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 3.3.10 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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