GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-xx65-cc7g-9pfp Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.springframework.boot:spring-boot
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2018-1196
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
- Reviewed
- 2020-06-16
Affected packages
• Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot: >= 1.5.0, < 1.5.10 → fixed in 1.5.10
Description
Spring Boot supports an embedded launch script that can be used to easily run the application as a systemd or init.d linux service. The script included with Spring Boot 1.5.9 and earlier and 2.0.0.M1 through 2.0.0.M7 is susceptible to a symlink attack which allows the "run_user" to overwrite and take ownership of any file on the same system. In order to instigate the attack, the application must be installed as a service and the "run_user" requires shell access to the server. Spring Boot application that are not installed as a service, or are not using the embedded launch script are not susceptible.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2018-1196 Spring Boot supports an embedded launch script that can be used to easily run the application as a systemd or init.d linux service. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness