CVE-2012-5351 (GCVE-0-2012-5351)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-10-09 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:05
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Summary
Apache Axis2 allows remote attackers to forge messages and bypass authentication via a SAML assertion that lacks a Signature element, aka a "Signature exclusion attack," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4418.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2012-09-12 00:00
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