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CVE-2020-5408 (GCVE-0-2020-5408)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-05-14 17:15 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:01
VLAI
Title
Dictionary attack with Spring Security queryable text encryptor
Summary
Spring Security versions 5.3.x prior to 5.3.2, 5.2.x prior to 5.2.4, 5.1.x prior to 5.1.10, 5.0.x prior to 5.0.16 and 4.2.x prior to 4.2.16 use a fixed null initialization vector with CBC Mode in the implementation of the queryable text encryptor. A malicious user with access to the data that has been encrypted using such an encryptor may be able to derive the unencrypted values using a dictionary attack.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-329 - Not Using a Random IV with CBC Mode
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Spring by VMware Spring Security Affected: 4.2 , < 4.2.16 (custom)
Affected: 5.0 , < 5.0.16 (custom)
Affected: 5.1 , < 5.1.10 (custom)
Affected: 5.2 , < 5.2.4 (custom)
Affected: 5.3 , < 5.3.2 (custom)
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Date Public
2020-05-13 00:00
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