Vigil@nce - Cryptacular: denial of service via CiphertextHeader Decode Operation
March 2020 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: WSS4J, CAS Server, Unix (platform) not
comprehensive.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: denial of service on service, denial of service on
client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 27/01/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a fatal error via CiphertextHeader Decode
Operation of Cryptacular, in order to trigger a denial of service.
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