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Use of a Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting org.apache.wss4j:wss4j-ws-security-dom package, versions [2.0.0,2.0.2)

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.15% (51st percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEWSS4J-31029
  • published 17 Apr 2015
  • disclosed 17 Apr 2015
  • credit Dennis Kupser, Christian Mainka, Juraj Somorovsky
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Introduced: 17 Apr 2015

CVE-2015-0226 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-327 Open this link in a new tab

Overview

org.apache.wss4j:wss4j-ws-security-dom Affected versions of the package use 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.