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: 2023 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.151333");
script_version("2024-01-23T05:05:19+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-01-23 05:05:19 +0000 (Tue, 23 Jan 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-11-30 07:50:14 +0000 (Thu, 30 Nov 2023)");
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:"2023-12-04 19:59:00 +0000 (Mon, 04 Dec 2023)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-34053");
# 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 6.0.0 - 6.0.13 DoS Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 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:"It is possible for a user to provide specially crafted HTTP
requests that may cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VMware Spring Framework version 6.0.x through 6.0.13.
Specifically, an application is vulnerable when all of the following are true:
- the application uses Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux
- io.micrometer:micrometer-core is on the classpath
- an ObservationRegistry is configured in the application to record observations
Typically, Spring Boot applications need the org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-actuator
dependency to meet all conditions.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 6.0.14 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://spring.io/security/cve-2023-34053");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://spring.io/blog/2023/11/16/spring-framework-5-3-31-and-6-0-14-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_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "6.0.0", test_version_up: "6.0.14")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.0.14", 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%