CVE-2011-1096

Summary

CVECVE-2011-1096
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-23 20:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Portal Platform 5.0.0 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Portal Platform 5.0.1 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Portal Platform 5.1.0 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Portal Platform 5.1.1 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Portal Platform 5.2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Portal Platform All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

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