Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity Affecting org.springframework:spring-webmvc package, versions [,6.1.14)
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- published 18 Oct 2024
- disclosed 17 Oct 2024
- credit Marek Parfianowicz
Introduced: 17 Oct 2024
CVE-2024-38820 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade org.springframework:spring-webmvc to version 6.1.14 or higher.
Overview
org.springframework:spring-webmvc is a package that provides Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture and ready components that can be used to develop flexible and loosely coupled web applications.
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.