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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Spring Security

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (Maven)

Affected versions

< 2.0.8
>= 3.0.0, < 3.0.8
>= 3.1.0, < 3.1.3

Patched versions

2.0.8
3.0.8
3.1.3

Description

DaoAuthenticationProvider in VMware SpringSource Spring Security before 2.0.8, 3.0.x before 3.0.8, and 3.1.x before 3.1.3 does not check the password if the user is not found, which makes the response delay shorter and might allow remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via a series of login requests.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 5, 2012
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Reviewed Jul 13, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

Moderate

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2012-5055

GHSA ID

GHSA-3533-rvpc-6x56

Source code

No known source code
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