CVE-2018-15756 (High) detected in spring-web-4.3.9.RELEASE.jar

Vulnerable Library - spring-web-4.3.9.RELEASE.jar

Spring Web

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

Path to dependency file: /samples/client/petstore/java/resttemplate-withXml/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /aches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.springframework/spring-web/4.3.9.RELEASE/91dae64c4280093ad5fb4736a10913c9233479c1/spring-web-4.3.9.RELEASE.jar,/aches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.springframework/spring-web/4.3.9.RELEASE/91dae64c4280093ad5fb4736a10913c9233479c1/spring-web-4.3.9.RELEASE.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ spring-web-4.3.9.RELEASE.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 4b7a8d7d7384aa6a27d6309c35ade0916edae7ed

Found in base branches: 3.0.0, master

Vulnerability Details

Spring Framework, version 5.1, versions 5.0.x prior to 5.0.10, versions 4.3.x prior to 4.3.20, and older unsupported versions on the 4.2.x branch provide support for range requests when serving static resources through the ResourceHttpRequestHandler, or starting in 5.0 when an annotated controller returns an org.springframework.core.io.Resource. A malicious user (or attacker) can add a range header with a high number of ranges, or with wide ranges that overlap, or both, for a denial of service attack. This vulnerability affects applications that depend on either spring-webmvc or spring-webflux. Such applications must also have a registration for serving static resources (e.g. JS, CSS, images, and others), or have an annotated controller that returns an org.springframework.core.io.Resource. Spring Boot applications that depend on spring-boot-starter-web or spring-boot-starter-webflux are ready to serve static resources out of the box and are therefore vulnerable.

Publish Date: 2018-10-18

URL: CVE-2018-15756

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

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

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-15756

Release Date: 2018-10-18

Fix Resolution: 4.3.20.RELEASE