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SCA: security update for org.owasp.esapi:esapi (GHSA-jcp9-796g-pv9p)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 416298

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The authenticated-encryption feature in the symmetric-encryption implementation in the OWASP Enterprise
 Security API (ESAPI) for Java 2.x before 2.1.0 does not properly resist tampering with serialized
 ciphertext, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended cryptographic protection
 mechanisms via an attack against authenticity in the default configuration, involving a null MAC and a
 zero MAC length. (CVE-2013-5679)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jcp9-796g-pv9p

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 416298

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/27/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-5679

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-5679

BID: 62415

cwe: CWE-325