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jbossws: Prone to character encoding pattern attack (XML Encryption flaw)

Published Nov 23, 2012

Description

The W3C XML Encryption Standard, as used in the JBoss Web Services (JBossWS) component in JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform before 5.2.2 and other products, when using block ciphers in cipher-block chaining (CBC) mode, allows remote attackers to obtain plaintext data via a chosen-ciphertext attack on SOAP responses, aka "character encoding pattern attack."

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Nov 23, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Feb 24, 2011
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date Oct 19, 2011