CVE-2020-5408

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-5408
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-14 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-06-14 18:15:00 UTC
DescriptionSpring 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-330

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pivotal Software Spring Security All All All All
Application Pivotal Software Spring Security All All All All
Application Vmware Spring Security All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2020-5408: Dictionary attack with Spring Security queryable text encryptor | Security | VMware Tanzu CONFIRM tanzu.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 982248 Java (maven) Security Update for org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (GHSA-2ppp-9496-p23q)
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