GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-xx65-cc7g-9pfp Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.springframework.boot:spring-boot

MEDIUM Published 2018-10-18 Modified 2021-09-22 Official page ↗
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

References