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CVE-2012-4418: Improper Authentication

May 17, 2022 (updated January 12, 2024)

Apache Axis2 allows remote attackers to forge messages and bypass authentication via an “XML Signature wrapping attack.”

References

  • www.nds.rub.de/media/nds/veroeffentlichungen/2012/08/22/BreakingSAML_3.pdf
  • www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/12/1
  • www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/1
  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856755
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-88r4-38gc-97p4
  • issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2-5930
  • issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2C-1694
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4418
  • web.archive.org/web/20121114075457/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55508

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.7.9

Fixed versions

  • 1.7.9

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.7.9 or above.

Impact 5.8 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication

Source file

maven/org.apache.axis2/axis2/CVE-2012-4418.yml

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