Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information Affecting org.dspace:dspace-jspui package, versions [4.0,6.4)


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.06% (25th percentile)
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NVD
5.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGDSPACE-2964950
  • published 2 Aug 2022
  • disclosed 2 Aug 2022
  • credit Ozkan Erdogan

How to fix?

Upgrade org.dspace:dspace-jspui to version 6.4 or higher.

Overview

org.dspace:dspace-jspui is a DSpace JSP Based Webapplication

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information via an Internal System Error in the JSPUI, leading to the entire exception (including the stack trace) being available.

Note: This vulnerability does not impact the XMLUI or version 7.

Mitigation:

Users unable to upgrade to fixed versions should disable the display of error messages in their internal.jsp file.

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