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Critical USN-6470-1 1 CVE

axis vulnerability

Published Nov 2, 2023 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that Axis incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or
an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file,
a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service
or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-40743)

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS axis 1.4-28+deb10u1build0.20.04.1
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS axis 1.4-28+deb10u1build0.22.04.1
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS axis 1.4-24ubuntu0.1~esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS axis 1.4-25ubuntu0.1~esm1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2023-40743

    Apache Axis 1.x (EOL) may allow RCE when untrusted input is passed to getService

    ** 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 …

    Apache Software Foundation Apache Axis axis org.apache.axis:axis Debian Ubuntu Maven

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-40743