CVE-2018-1272 High Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

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CVE-2018-1272 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - spring-core-4.3.2.RELEASE.jar

path: /root/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring-core/4.3.2.RELEASE/spring-core-4.3.2.RELEASE.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• spring-security-oauth2-2.0.10.RELEASE.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ spring-core-4.3.2.RELEASE.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

Spring Framework, versions 5.0 prior to 5.0.5 and versions 4.3 prior to 4.3.15 and older unsupported versions, provide client-side support for multipart requests. When Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux server application (server A) receives input from a remote client, and then uses that input to make a multipart request to another server (server B), it can be exposed to an attack, where an extra multipart is inserted in the content of the request from server A, causing server B to use the wrong value for a part it expects. This could to lead privilege escalation, for example, if the part content represents a username or user roles.

Publish Date: 2018-04-06

URL: CVE-2018-1272

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: High
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1272

Fix Resolution: Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation: 5.0.x users should upgrade to 5.0.5 4.3.x users should upgrade to 4.3.15 There are no other mitigation steps necessary.

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