CVE-2018-1271 Medium Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

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CVE-2018-1271 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

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

Spring Web MVC

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

Library home page: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework

Dependency Hierarchy:

• spring-boot-starter-web-1.4.0.RELEASE.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ spring-webmvc-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, allow applications to configure Spring MVC to serve static resources (e.g. CSS, JS, images). When static resources are served from a file system on Windows (as opposed to the classpath, or the ServletContext), a malicious user can send a request using a specially crafted URL that can lead a directory traversal attack.

Publish Date: 2018-04-06

URL: CVE-2018-1271

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.9)

Base Score Metrics:

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

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1271

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 Older versions should upgrade to a supported branch There are no other mitigation steps necessary. Note also that this attack does not apply to applications that: Do not use Windows. Do not serve files from the file system, i.e. not using “file:” for the resource location. Use Spring Security with versions patched for .

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