CVE-2018-15756

DoS Attack via Range Requests

Description

Spring Framework, version 5.1, versions 5.0.x prior to 5.0.10, versions 4.3.x prior to 4.3.20, and older unsupported versions on the 4.2.x branch provide support for range requests when serving static resources through the ResourceHttpRequestHandler, or starting in 5.0 when an annotated controller returns an org.springframework.core.io.Resource. A malicious user (or attacker) can add a range header with a high number of ranges, or with wide ranges that overlap, or both, for a denial of service attack. This vulnerability affects applications that depend on either spring-webmvc or spring-webflux. Such applications must also have a registration for serving static resources (e.g. JS, CSS, images, and others), or have an annotated controller that returns an org.springframework.core.io.Resource. Spring Boot applications that depend on spring-boot-starter-web or spring-boot-starter-webflux are ready to serve static resources out of the box and are therefore vulnerable.

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 10.48% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory pivotal.io
Affected: Pivotal Spring framework
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105703 url repurposed vdb entry third party advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a3071e11c6fbd593022074ec1b4693f6d948c2b02cfa4a5d854aed68%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/339fd112517e4873695b5115b96acdddbfc8f83b10598528d37c7d12%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d6a84f52db89804b0ad965f3ea2b24bb880edee29107a1c5069cc3dd%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bb354962cb51fff65740d5fb1bc2aac56af577c06244b57c36f98e4d%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7b156ee50ba3ecce87b33c06bf7a749d84ffee55e69bfb5eca88fcc3%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/77886fec378ee6064debb1efb6b464a4a0173b2ff0d151ed86d3a228%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8a1fe70534fc52ff5c9db5ac29c55657f802cbefd7e9d9850c7052bd%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/efaa52b0aa67aae7cbd9e6ef96945387e422d7ce0e65434570a37b1d%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f8905507a2c94af6b08b72d7be0c4b8c6660e585f00abfafeccc86bc%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html third party advisory patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html third party advisory patch
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html third party advisory patch
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html third party advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html third party advisory patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html third party advisory patch
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-15756 vendor advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html third party advisory patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00022.html third party advisory mailing list
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html third party advisory patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html third party advisory not applicable

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-15756?
CVE-2018-15756 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-15756?
To fix CVE-2018-15756, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-15756 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-15756 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~10% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2018-15756?
CVE-2018-15756 affects Pivotal Spring framework.
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