CVE-2013-5679

Severity

26%

Complexity

19%

Confidentiality

81%

The authenticated-encryption feature in the symmetric-encryption implementation in the OWASP Enterprise Security API (ESAPI) for Java 2.x before 2.1.0 does not properly resist tampering with serialized ciphertext, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended cryptographic protection mechanisms via an attack against authenticity in the default configuration, involving a null MAC and a zero MAC length.

The authenticated-encryption feature in the symmetric-encryption implementation in the OWASP Enterprise Security API (ESAPI) for Java 2.x before 2.1.0 does not properly resist tampering with serialized ciphertext, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended cryptographic protection mechanisms via an attack against authenticity in the default configuration, involving a null MAC and a zero MAC length.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 11 years ago

2013-09-30 17:09:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-05-06 00:14:00

Affected Software

OWASP Enterprise Security API 2.0.1

2.0.1

References

http://code.google.com/p/owasp-esapi-java/issues/detail?id=306

Exploit

[esapi-dev] 20130821 ESAPI Java and Authenticated encryption implementation

http://owasp-esapi-java.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/documentation/ESAPI-security-bulletin1.pdf

Patch, Vendor Advisory

62415

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