7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
16.4%
VMware Spring Boot is prone to a denial of service (DoS)
vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:vmware:spring_boot";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.151329");
script_version("2024-01-23T05:05:19+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-01-23 05:05:19 +0000 (Tue, 23 Jan 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-11-30 03:23:13 +0000 (Thu, 30 Nov 2023)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-06-08 14:40:00 +0000 (Thu, 08 Jun 2023)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-34053", "CVE-2023-34055");
# nb: See affected tag for specific constraints / requirements for being vulnerable.
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("VMware Spring Boot 2.7.0 - 2.7.17, 3.0.0 - 3.0.12, 3.1.0 - 3.1.5 DoS Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_vmware_spring_boot_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("vmware/spring/boot/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VMware Spring Boot is prone to a denial of service (DoS)
vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It is possible for a user to provide specially crafted HTTP
requests that may cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.
Spring Boot 3.x versions are also affected by CVE-2023-34053, which is a similar issue in Spring
Framework. Spring Boot 3.0.13 and 3.1.6 releases upgrade Spring Framework to the relevant
version.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VMware Spring Boot prior to version 2.7.17, 3.0.0 through
3.0.12 and 3.1.0 to 3.1.5.
Specifically, an application is vulnerable if all of the conditions are true:
- The application uses Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux
- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-actuator is on the classpath");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.7.18, 3.0.13, 3.1.6 or later.
As a temporary workaround, Spring Boot users can choose to disable web metrics with the following
property: management.metrics.enable.http.server.requests=false");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://spring.io/security/cve-2023-34055");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://spring.io/blog/2023/11/23/spring-boot-3-1-6-available-now/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://spring.io/blog/2023/11/23/spring-boot-3-0-13-available-now/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://spring.io/blog/2023/11/23/spring-boot-2-7-18-available-now/");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit( 0 );
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "2.7.18")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.7.18", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "3.0.0", test_version_up: "3.0.13")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.0.13", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "3.1.0", test_version_up: "3.1.6")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.1.6", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
16.4%