Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity Affecting org.springframework:spring-web package, versions [,6.1.14)
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- published18 Oct 2024
- disclosed17 Oct 2024
- creditMarek Parfianowicz
Introduced: 17 Oct 2024
CVE-2024-38820 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade org.springframework:spring-web to version 6.1.14 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 Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity due to String.toLowerCase() having some Locale dependent exceptions that could potentially result in fields not protected as expected.
Note: The fix for CVE-2022-22968 made disallowedFields patterns in DataBinder case insensitive.