JVNDB-2018-000008

Spring Security and Spring Framework vulnerable to authentication bypass

Spring Framework and Spring Security provided by Pivotal Software, Inc. contain an authentication bypass vulnerability.

Macchinetta Framework Development Team : NTT COMWARE, NTT DATA Corporation, and NTT reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Pivotal Software, Inc.

• Spring Framework 4.3.0 to 4.3.13
• Spring Framework 5.0.0 to 5.0.2
• Spring Security 4.1.0 to 4.1.4
• Spring Security 4.2.0 to 4.2.3
• Spring Security 5.0.0

The developer states that "Older unmaintained versions of Spring Security & Spring Framework were not analyzed and may be impacted".

A remote attacker can bypass authentication. As a result, the attacker gains access to the server and information may be disclosed.

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Pivotal Software, Inc.

• Pivotal Software, Inc. : CVE-2018-1199: Security bypass with static resources

NEC Corporation

• NEC Security Information : NV18-004 (in Japanese)

FUJITSU

• FUJITSU Security Information : Information from FUJITSU LIMITED (in Japanese)

1. Improper Authentication(CWE-287) [IPA Evaluation]

1. CVE-2018-1199

1. JVN : JVN#15643848
2. National Vulnerability Database (NVD) : CVE-2018-1199

• [2018/02/02]
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