# CVE-2011-1096: The W3C XML Encryption Standard, as used in the JBoss Web Services (JBossWS) component in JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform before 5.2.2 and

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-11-23 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The W3C XML Encryption Standard, as used in the JBoss Web Services (JBossWS) component in JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform before 5.2.2 and other products, when using block ciphers in cipher-block chaining (CBC) mode, allows remote attackers to obtain plaintext data via a chosen-ciphertext attack on SOAP responses, aka "character encoding pattern attack."

## What to do

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## References

- http://aktuell.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/pm2011/pm00330.html.de
- http://cxf.apache.org/note-on-cve-2011-1096.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1301.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681916
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0192.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0198.html
- http://coheigea.blogspot.com/2012/04/note-on-cve-2011-1096.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0195.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0221.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0196.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1437.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0193.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55770
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51984
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52054
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79031
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1344.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0261.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0191.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1330.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0197.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0194.html
- http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2046756&dl=ACM&coll=DL
- http://www.csoonline.com/article/692366/widely-used-encryption-standard-is-insecure-say-experts
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d5d29747548a24cccdb7f3e2d4d599ffb7ffe4537426b3c9a852cf4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E

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