SB2019050619 - Path traversal in Pivotal Spring Cloud Config 



SB2019050619 - Path traversal in Pivotal Spring Cloud Config

Published: May 6, 2019 Updated: May 10, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019050619
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3799)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists because the spring-cloud-config-server module of the affected software allows applications to serve static resources from a file system. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read, overwrite or delete arbitrary files on the system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.