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CVE-2016-9878

Published: 29 December 2016

An issue was discovered in Pivotal Spring Framework before 3.2.18, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, and 4.3.x before 4.3.5. Paths provided to the ResourceServlet were not properly sanitized and as a result exposed to directory traversal attacks.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that Spring Framework incorrectly handled path inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libspring-java
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.3.5-1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(4.3.5-1)
disco Not vulnerable
(4.3.5-1)
eoan Not vulnerable
(4.3.5-1)
focal Not vulnerable
(4.3.5-1)
groovy Not vulnerable
(4.3.5-1)
impish Not vulnerable
(4.3.5-1)
jammy Not vulnerable
(4.3.5-1)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty
Released (3.0.6.RELEASE-13ubuntu0.1~esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (4.3.5-1)
xenial
Released (3.2.13-5ubuntu0.1~esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(4.3.5-1)
Patches:
other: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/e2d6e709c3c65a4951eb096843ee75d5200cfcad (4.3.x branch)
other: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/43bf008fbcd0d7945e2fcd5e30039bc4d74c7a98 (4.2.x branch)
other: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/a7dc48534ea501525f11369d369178a60c2f47d0 (3.2.x branch)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N