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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGDSPACE-2964950
  • published2 Aug 2022
  • disclosed2 Aug 2022
  • creditOzkan Erdogan

Introduced: 2 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-31189  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-209  (opens in a new tab)

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.

References

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