Apache Neethi is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack through algorithmic complexity in policy normalization. Specially crafted WS-Policy documents can trigger an exponential Cartesian cross-product expansion during the normalization process, causing unbounded memory allocation that exhausts the JVM heap. This occurs when the normalization process generates an excessive number of policy alternatives without bounds, leading to runtime memory exhaustion. Users should upgrade to 3.2.2 which limits the maximum number of normalized policy alternatives.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| apache | neethi | maven/org.apache.neethi:neethi: < 3.2.2 |
Downstream vendors/products affected by this vulnerability
| Vendor | Product | Source | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibm | websphere application | cert_advisory | 90% |
| ibm | websphere application server liberty | cert_advisory | 90% |
Updated affected versions to 'before 3.2.2', marked exploit as available, and set patch available to null.
Updated affected versions to include 3.2.1, changed severity to MEDIUM, and noted that no exploit is available.
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