Cryptographic Issues Affecting org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-ws-security package, versions [2.5.0,2.5.7)[2.6.0,2.6.4)[2.7.0,2.7.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHECXF-30587
  • published17 Jun 2014
  • disclosed19 Aug 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Aug 2013

CVE-2012-5575  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-310  (opens in a new tab)

Overview

org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-ws-security is an open source services framework.

Apache CFX 2.5.x before 2.5.10, 2.6.x before CXF 2.6.7, and 2.7.x before CXF 2.7.4 does not verify that a specified cryptographic algorithm is allowed by the WS-SecurityPolicy AlgorithmSuite definition before decrypting, which allows remote attackers to force CXF to use weaker cryptographic algorithms than intended and makes it easier to decrypt communications, aka "XML Encryption backwards compatibility attack."

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