CVE-2024-38816 Affecting libspring-java package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-LIBSPRINGJAVA-7946878
  • published14 Sept 2024
  • disclosed13 Sept 2024

Introduced: 13 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-38816  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:unstable libspring-java.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libspring-java package and not the libspring-java package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

Specifically, an application is vulnerable when both of the following are true:

  • the web application uses RouterFunctions to serve static resources
  • resource handling is explicitly configured with a FileSystemResource location

However, malicious requests are blocked and rejected when any of the following is true:

CVSS Scores

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