uaa update for Spring Framework

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU96018

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38809

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing ETags from "If-Match" or "If-None-Match" request headers. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cloud Foundry UAA: 73.7.0 - 77.14.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:cloud_foundry_foundation:cloud_foundry_uaa:73.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:cloud_foundry_foundation:cloud_foundry_uaa:74.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:cloud_foundry_foundation:cloud_foundry_uaa:74.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://github.com/cloudfoundry/uaa/releases/tag/v77.15.0

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.