CVE-2024-38828 (Medium) detected in spring-webmvc-5.3.39.jar

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CVE-2024-38828 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - spring-webmvc-5.3.39.jar

Spring Web MVC

Library home page: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework

Path to dependency file: /pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /pom.xml

Dependency Hierarchy:

• spring-boot-starter-hateoas-2.7.18.jar (Root Library)
  • spring-boot-starter-web-2.7.18.jar
    • ❌ spring-webmvc-5.3.39.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: f98a7663cd4534d7282b786a5f475d4e4b48c1c7

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Spring MVC controller methods with an @RequestBody byte[] method parameter are vulnerable to a DoS attack.

Publish Date: 2024-11-18

URL: CVE-2024-38828

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

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