SB2020030518 - Path traversal in Pivotal Spring Cloud Config
Published: March 5, 2020 Updated: July 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020030518
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-2020-5405)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
Spring Cloud Config, versions 2.2.x prior to 2.2.2, versions 2.1.x prior to 2.1.7, and older unsupported versions allow applications to serve arbitrary configuration files through the spring-cloud-config-server module. A malicious user, or attacker, can send a request using a specially crafted URL that can lead a directory traversal attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.