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    GHSA-4qqf-hmv6-r6wh

    Published: 22 Apr 2022Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Aliases:
    CVE-2011-2487

    Summary: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in Apache WSS4J

    Details: The implementations of PKCS#1 v1.5 key transport mechanism for XMLEncryption in JBossWS and Apache WSS4J before 1.6.5 is susceptible to a Bleichenbacher attack.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2487, https://www.nds.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/research/publications/breaking-xml-encryption-pkcs15, https://web.archive.org/web/20210122063156/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57549, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e@%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@%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@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81737, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=713539, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2487, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0953, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0533, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0221, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0198, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0197, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0196, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0195, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0194, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0193, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0192, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0191, http://cxf.apache.org/note-on-cve-2011-2487.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0191.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0192.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0193.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0194.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0195.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0196.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0198.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0221.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.apache.ws.security:wss4j

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.apache.ws.security/wss4j

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.5

    Affected versions

    1.5.10
    1.5.11
    1.5.12
    1.5.2
    1.5.3
    1.5.4
    1.5.5
    1.5.6
    1.5.7
    1.5.8
    1.5.9

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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