spring-boot-starter-web-3.3.4.jar: 1 vulnerabilities (highest severity is: 7.5)

[mend-bolt-for-github]

Vulnerable Library - spring-boot-starter-web-3.3.4.jar

Path to dependency file: /build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.springframework/spring-webmvc/6.1.13/ca5f025b133c69026bfe01daa6132d0ac2e4a59f/spring-webmvc-6.1.13.jar

Vulnerabilities

CVE	Severity	CVSS	Dependency	Type	Fixed in (spring-boot-starter-web version)	Remediation Possible**
CVE-2024-38819	High	7.5	spring-webmvc-6.1.13.jar	Transitive	N/A*	❌

*For some transitive vulnerabilities, there is no version of direct dependency with a fix. Check the "Details" section below to see if there is a version of transitive dependency where vulnerability is fixed.

**In some cases, Remediation PR cannot be created automatically for a vulnerability despite the availability of remediation

Details

CVE-2024-38819

Vulnerable Library - spring-webmvc-6.1.13.jar

Spring Web MVC

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

Path to dependency file: /supporting_scripts/analysis-of-endpoint-connections/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.springframework/spring-webmvc/6.1.13/ca5f025b133c69026bfe01daa6132d0ac2e4a59f/spring-webmvc-6.1.13.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• spring-boot-starter-web-3.3.4.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ spring-webmvc-6.1.13.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: develop

Vulnerability Details

Applications serving static resources through the functional web frameworks WebMvc.fn or WebFlux.fn are vulnerable to path traversal attacks. An attacker can craft malicious HTTP requests and obtain any file on the file system that is also accessible to the process in which the Spring application is running.

This is similar to CVE-2024-38816, but with different input.

Publish Date: 2024-06-20

URL: CVE-2024-38819

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://spring.io/security/cve-2024-38819

Release Date: 2024-06-20

Fix Resolution: org.springframework:spring-webflux:6.1.14, org.springframework:spring-webmvc:6.1.14

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[krusche]

We explicitly use spring-webmvc:6.1.14 in build.gradle since it was released 3 days ago.
We do not use spring-webflux.

[krusche]

I assume that spring boot 3.3.5 will be released soon to update the respective dependencies. We will then also quickly update to the latest spring boot version (seems they will be released soon https://spring.io/blog/2024/10/18/spring-data-2024-0-5-and-2023-1-11-released and https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/milestone/359)