CVE-2018-1259 High Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

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CVE-2018-1259 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - spring-data-commons-1.13.1.RELEASE.jar

Global parent pom.xml to be used by Spring Data modules

path: /root/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.springframework.data/spring-data-commons/1.13.1.RELEASE/4e4257f2eb3f191613b4b000d43e8d0c3ff4457e/spring-data-commons-1.13.1.RELEASE.jar

Library home page: http://www.spring.io/spring-data/spring-data-commons

Dependency Hierarchy:

• spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb-1.5.2.RELEASE.jar (Root Library)
  • spring-data-mongodb-1.10.1.RELEASE.jar
    • ❌ spring-data-commons-1.13.1.RELEASE.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

Spring Data Commons, versions 1.13 prior to 1.13.12 and 2.0 prior to 2.0.7, used in combination with XMLBeam 1.4.14 or earlier versions, contains a property binder vulnerability caused by improper restriction of XML external entity references as underlying library XMLBeam does not restrict external reference expansion. An unauthenticated remote malicious user can supply specially crafted request parameters against Spring Data's projection-based request payload binding to access arbitrary files on the system.

Publish Date: 2018-05-11

URL: CVE-2018-1259

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • 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-2018-1259

Fix Resolution: Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation: 1.13.x users should upgrade to 1.13.12 (Ingalls SR12) 2.0.x users should upgrade to 2.0.7 (Kay SR7) Alternatively, upgrade to XMLBeam 1.4.15 Releases that have fixed this issue include: Spring Data REST 2.6.12 (Ingalls SR12) Spring Data REST 3.0.7 (Kay SR7) There are no other mitigation steps necessary. Note that the vulnerability is only exploitable when using XMLBeam. The use of authentication and authorization for endpoints, both of which are provided by Spring Security, limits exposure to this vulnerability to authorized users.

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