Security context
High· 7.5GHSA-r4q3-7g4q-x89m CVE-2024-22233CWE-400Published Jan 22, 2024

Spring Framework server Web DoS Vulnerability

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Affected versions

6.1.2 → fixed in 6.1.36.0.15 → fixed in 6.0.16

Details

In Spring Framework versions 6.0.15 and 6.1.2, it is possible for a user to provide specially crafted HTTP requests that may cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. 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.

The fix

No fix commit could be resolved for this advisory (it may reference an issue tracker or a non-GitHub patch). See the references below.

References