CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
16.2%
The VMware Spring Framework is prone to a denial of service
(DoS) vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:vmware:spring_framework";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.114297");
script_version("2024-01-30T14:37:03+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-01-30 14:37:03 +0000 (Tue, 30 Jan 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-01-22 13:56:15 +0000 (Mon, 22 Jan 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-01-29 17:24:00 +0000 (Mon, 29 Jan 2024)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2024-22233");
# nb: See affected tag for specific constraints / requirements for being vulnerable.
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("VMware Spring Framework 6.0.15 / 6.1.2 DoS Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_vmware_spring_framework_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("vmware/spring/framework/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The VMware Spring Framework is prone to a denial of service
(DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"In Spring Framework it is possible for a user to provide
specially crafted HTTP requests that may cause a DoS condition.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VMware Spring Framework versions 6.0.15 and 6.1.2 only. Older
versions are not affected.
Specifically, an application is vulnerable when all of the following are true:
- the application uses Spring MVC
- Spring Security 6.1.6+ or 6.2.1+ is on the classpath
Typically, Spring Boot applications need the org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web and
org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-security dependencies to meet all conditions.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 6.0.16, 6.1.3 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-22233/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://spring.io/blog/2024/01/11/spring-framework-6-1-3-and-6-0-16-available-now/");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_is_equal(version: version, test_version: "6.0.15")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.0.16", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_is_equal(version: version, test_version: "6.1.2")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.1.3", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
16.2%