CVE-2023-40743: Apache Axis 1.x (EOL) may allow RCE when untrusted input is passed to getService

[Arnout Engelen <engelen () apache org>]

Severity: low

Affected versions:

- Apache Axis through 1.3

Description:

** 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.

Credit:

Letian Yuan (finder)

References:

https://github.com/apache/axis-axis1-java/commit/7e66753427466590d6def0125e448d2791723210
https://axis.apache.org/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40743