CVE-2016-9878
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Pivotal Spring Framework Paths provided to the ResourceServlet were not properly sanitized
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 4.3.5-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 4.3.5-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 4.3.5-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 4.3.5-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 4.3.5-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.springframework:spring-webmvc | <3.2.18 | 3.2.18 |
| Maven | org.springframework:spring-webmvc | >=4.2.0,<4.2.9 | 4.2.9 |
| Maven | org.springframework:spring-webmvc | >=4.3.0,<4.3.5 | 4.3.5 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| pivotal_software | spring_framework | {"endIncluding":"3.2.0"} | |
| pivotal_software | spring_framework | 4.2.0 | |
| pivotal_software | spring_framework | 4.3.0 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 3.2.1 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 3.2.2 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 3.2.3 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 3.2.4 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 3.2.5 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 3.2.6 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 3.2.7 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 3.2.8 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 3.2.9 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 3.2.10 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 3.2.11 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 3.2.12 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 3.2.13 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 3.2.14 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 3.2.15 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 3.2.16 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 3.2.17 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 4.2.1 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 4.2.2 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 4.2.3 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 4.2.4 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 4.2.5 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 4.2.6 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 4.2.7 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 4.2.8 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 4.3.1 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 4.3.2 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 4.3.3 | |
| vmware | spring_framework | 4.3.4 | |
References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95072
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040698
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3115
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00012.html
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-9878
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180419-0002/
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9878
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/19513
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/43bf008fbcd0d7945e2fcd5e30039bc4d74c7a98
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/a7dc48534ea501525f11369d369178a60c2f47d0
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/e2d6e709c3c65a4951eb096843ee75d5200cfcad
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2m8h-fgr8-2q9w
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180419-0002
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9878
CWEs
CWE-22
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