Denial of Service (DoS) Affecting org.springframework:spring-web package, versions [6.0.0,6.0.14)
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- published 28 Nov 2023
- disclosed 27 Nov 2023
- credit James Yuzawa
Introduced: 27 Nov 2023
CVE-2023-34053 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade org.springframework:spring-web to version 6.0.14 or higher.
Overview
org.springframework:spring-web is a package that provides a comprehensive programming and configuration model for modern Java-based enterprise applications - on any kind of deployment platform.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when providing a specially crafted HTTP request.
To be vulnerable, these conditions must all be met (which is usually the case for applications dependent on org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-actuator):
The affected application uses Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux.
io.micrometer:micrometer-coreis on the classpath.An
ObservationRegistryis configured in the application to record observations.
Workaround
This vulnerability can be avoided by disabling web observations: management.metrics.enable.http.server.requests=false
Details
Denial of Service (DoS) describes a family of attacks, all aimed at making a system inaccessible to its intended and legitimate users.
Unlike other vulnerabilities, DoS attacks usually do not aim at breaching security. Rather, they are focused on making websites and services unavailable to genuine users resulting in downtime.
One popular Denial of Service vulnerability is DDoS (a Distributed Denial of Service), an attack that attempts to clog network pipes to the system by generating a large volume of traffic from many machines.
When it comes to open source libraries, DoS vulnerabilities allow attackers to trigger such a crash or crippling of the service by using a flaw either in the application code or from the use of open source libraries.
Two common types of DoS vulnerabilities:
High CPU/Memory Consumption- An attacker sending crafted requests that could cause the system to take a disproportionate amount of time to process. For example, commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload.
Crash - An attacker sending crafted requests that could cause the system to crash. For Example, npm
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