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
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
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.