ghsa-xx65-cc7g-9pfp
Vulnerability from github
Published
2018-10-18 18:05
Modified
2021-09-22 18:26
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.springframework.boot:spring-boot
Details

Spring Boot supports an embedded launch script that can be used to easily run the application as a systemd or init.d linux service. The script included with Spring Boot 1.5.9 and earlier and 2.0.0.M1 through 2.0.0.M7 is susceptible to a symlink attack which allows the "run_user" to overwrite and take ownership of any file on the same system. In order to instigate the attack, the application must be installed as a service and the "run_user" requires shell access to the server. Spring Boot application that are not installed as a service, or are not using the embedded launch script are not susceptible.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1.5.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.5.10"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-1196"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-59"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T22:04:53Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-03-19T18:29:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Spring Boot supports an embedded launch script that can be used to easily run the application as a systemd or init.d linux service. The script included with Spring Boot 1.5.9 and earlier and 2.0.0.M1 through 2.0.0.M7 is susceptible to a symlink attack which allows the \"run_user\" to overwrite and take ownership of any file on the same system. In order to instigate the attack, the application must be installed as a service and the \"run_user\" requires shell access to the server. Spring Boot application that are not installed as a service, or are not using the embedded launch script are not susceptible.",
  "id": "GHSA-xx65-cc7g-9pfp",
  "modified": "2021-09-22T18:26:44Z",
  "published": "2018-10-18T18:05:57Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1196"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xx65-cc7g-9pfp"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1196"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.springframework.boot:spring-boot"
}


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