CVE-2012-5575

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."

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880443

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60043

http://www.nds.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/research/publications/backwards-compatibility/

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1437.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1143.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0943.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0876.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0875.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0874.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0873.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0839.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0834.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0833.html

http://cxf.apache.org/cve-2012-5575.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3