Timing Attack Affecting com.vaadin:vaadin-server package, versions [8.0.0,8.12.3) [7.0.0,7.7.24)


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.05% (16th percentile)
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NVD
2.5 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-COMVAADIN-1252747
  • published 21 Apr 2021
  • disclosed 19 Apr 2021
  • credit Xhelal Likaj

How to fix?

Upgrade com.vaadin:vaadin-server to version 8.12.3, 7.7.24 or higher.

Overview

com.vaadin:vaadin-server is a Java framework for modern Java web applications.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Timing Attack. Non-constant-time comparison of CSRF tokens in the UIDL request handler allows an attacker to guess a security token via timing attack.