Denial of Service Risk in Spring Framework by Pivotal
CVE-2018-1257

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Pivotal

Status
Spring Framework
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 May 2018

What is CVE-2018-1257?

The Spring Framework, specifically versions 5.0.x prior to 5.0.6 and 4.3.x prior to 4.3.17, exposes STOMP over WebSocket endpoints. This flaw allows a malicious actor to send crafted messages to an in-memory STOMP broker, potentially leading to a denial of service attack through regular expression vulnerabilities.

Affected Version(s)

Spring Framework 5.0.x prior to 5.0.6; 4.3.x prior to 4.3.17

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104260
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1809
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3768
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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