Missing authorization in Spring Framework - CVE-2018-1258

 

Missing authorization in Spring Framework - CVE-2018-1258

Published: May 15, 2018 / Updated: May 15, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12651
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1258
CWE-ID: CWE-862
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper security restrictions when using Spring Security method security. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted request, bypass authorization restrictions and gain unauthorized access to certain methods that should be restricted. 

Affected software

Spring Framework
Oracle Healthcare Master Person Index
Oracle Insurance Rules Palette
Oracle Application Testing Suite
Oracle Retail Customer Insights
Oracle Retail Service Backbone
Oracle Health Sciences Information Manager
Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper
Fuse
Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server
Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router (DSR)
Oracle Communications Performance Intelligence Center (PIC) Software
Oracle Insurance Calculation Engine

How to mitigate CVE-2018-1258

Update to version 5.0.6.

Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper - update to 6.1.0.4.0
Fuse - update to 7.4.0
Oracle Communications Performance Intelligence Center (PIC) Software - update to 10.2.1

External References

Related Security Bulletins