Timing Attack Vulnerability in Apache CXF OAuth2 Hawk and JOSE MAC Validation Code

CVE-2017-3156 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

The OAuth2 Hawk and JOSE MAC Validation code in Apache CXF prior to 3.0.13 and 3.1.x prior to 3.1.10 is not using a constant time MAC signature comparison algorithm which may be exploited by sophisticated timing attacks.

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