Information disclosure in Pivotal Spring Data Commons



Published: 2018-05-21
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2018-1259
CWE-ID CWE-611
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) XXE attack

EUVDB-ID: #VU12858

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1259

CWE-ID: CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper restriction of XML external entity references. The underlying XMLBeam library does not restrict external reference expansion. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted request parameters and gain access to arbitrary files. 

Mitigation

Update to version 1.13.12 or 2.0.7.

Vulnerable software versions

Pivotal Spring Data Commons: 1.13 - 2.0.6

CPE2.3 External links

http://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1259


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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