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CVE-2012-5575

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues
Publication date:
19/08/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

Apache CXF 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."

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
6.40
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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