Denial of service in Spring Security OAuth



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-22969
CWE-ID CWE-400
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Spring Security OAuth
Server applications / Frameworks for developing and running applications

Vendor Pivotal

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU62472

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22969

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing requests initiating the Authorization Request for the Authorization Code Grant. A remote attacker can end multiple requests to the OAuth 2.0 Client, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Spring Security OAuth: 2.5.0 - 2.5.1

CPE2.3 External links

https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22969


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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