Severity

Medium

Vendor

Spring by VMware

Description

In Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 - 5.3.10, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, and older unsupported versions, it is possible for a user to provide malicious input to cause the insertion of additional log entries.

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• Spring Framework
  • 5.3.0 to 5.3.10
  • 5.2.0 to 5.2.17
  • Older, unsupported versions are also affected

Mitigation

Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation: 5.3.x users should upgrade to 5.3.12+, 5.2.x users should upgrade to 5.2.18+. No other steps are necessary. Note: 5.3.11 also contains the mitigation but has another major regression. Releases that have fixed this issue include:

• Spring Framework
  • 5.3.12+
  • 5.2.18+

Credit

This vulnerability was initially discovered and responsibly reported by Dennis Kennedy.

References

• https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/117.html

History

2021-10-26: Initial vulnerability report published.