CVE-2022-22970 (Medium) detected in spring-beans-5.3.2.jar

## CVE-2022-22970 - Medium Severity Vulnerability
Vulnerable Library - spring-beans-5.3.2.jar

Spring Beans

Library home page: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework

Path to dependency file: /easy-abac-demo/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring-beans/5.3.2/spring-beans-5.3.2.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:
- spring-boot-starter-web-2.4.1.jar (Root Library)
- spring-web-5.3.2.jar
- :x: **spring-beans-5.3.2.jar** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

In spring framework versions prior to 5.3.20+ , 5.2.22+ and old unsupported versions, applications that handle file uploads are vulnerable to DoS attack if they rely on data binding to set a MultipartFile or javax.servlet.Part to a field in a model object.

Publish Date: 2022-05-12

URL: CVE-2022-22970

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:
- Exploitability Metrics:
- Attack Vector: Network
- Attack Complexity: High
- Privileges Required: Low
- User Interaction: None
- Scope: Unchanged
- Impact Metrics:
- Confidentiality Impact: None
- Integrity Impact: None
- Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22970

Release Date: 2022-05-12

Fix Resolution (org.springframework:spring-beans): 5.3.20

Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web): 2.5.14

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