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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2020-5408 EUVD-2020-0449GHSA-2ppp-9496-p23q

Dictionary attack with Spring Security queryable text encryptor

Published May 14, 2020 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by pivotal

Description

Spring 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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Spring by VMware Spring Security 4.2 – < 4.2.16, 5.0 – < 5.0.16, 5.1 – < 5.1.10, 5.2 – < 5.2.4, 5.3 – < 5.3.2 4.2.16

Affected packages

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