CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-6452

Improper Authentication

Published: May 27, 2014 | Modified: Aug 29, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Axway Secure Messenger before 6.5 Updated Release 7, as used in Axway Email Firewall, provides different responses to authentication requests depending on whether the user exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate users via a series of requests.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Email_firewall Axway - (including) - (including)
Secure_messenger Axway * 6.5.0 (including)
Secure_messenger Axway 6.3.2 (including) 6.3.2 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References