Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2019-17195 |
CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Spring Security Server applications / Frameworks for developing and running applications |
Vendor | VMware, Inc |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerabilities.
Updated: 06.02.2020
Updated list of affected and fixed software versions.
EUVDB-ID: #VU24168
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17195
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to Nimbus JOSE+JWT throws various uncaught exceptions while parsing a JWT. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted JWT token and cause the application to crash or potentially bypass authentication.
Install update from vendor's website.
Spring Security: 5.2.0 - 5.2.1
External linkshttp://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/releases/tag/5.3.0.M1
http://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/issues/7570
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.