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Debian: CVE-2019-11272: libspring-security-2.0-java -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-11272: libspring-security-2.0-java -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/26/2019
Created
07/10/2019
Added
07/10/2019
Modified
02/10/2020

Description

Spring Security, versions 4.2.x up to 4.2.12, and older unsupported versions support plain text passwords using PlaintextPasswordEncoder. If an application using an affected version of Spring Security is leveraging PlaintextPasswordEncoder and a user has a null encoded password, a malicious user (or attacker) can authenticate using a password of "null".

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-libspring-security-2-0-java

References

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