Remote denial of service in Spring Framework



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-38828
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Pivotal Spring Framework
Server applications / Frameworks for developing and running applications

Vendor Pivotal

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU100680

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-2024-38828

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input  passed via Spring MVC controller method with @RequestBody byte[] parameter. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Pivotal Spring Framework: 5.3.0 RC1 - 5.3.41

CPE2.3 External links

https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-38828


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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