Use of a Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting org.apache.cxf:cxf package, versions [2.4.0,2.4.7)[2.5.1,2.5.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.72% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHECXF-30553
  • published16 Oct 2015
  • disclosed16 Oct 2015
  • creditTibor Jager, Sebastian Schinzel, Juraj Somorovsky

Introduced: 16 Oct 2015

CVE-2011-2487  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-327  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.cxf:cxf to version 2.4.7, 2.5.3 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.cxf:cxf is a services framework that aids in the development of services using front-end programming APIs, like JAX-WS and JAX-RS.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of a Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. The PKCS#1 v1.5 Key Transport Algorithm is used to encrypt symmetric keys as part of WS-Security. WSS4J can leak information about where a particular decryption operation fails.

CVSS Scores

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