ubuntu-cve-2016-9878
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-12-29 09:59
Modified
2025-07-16 04:51
Summary
Details
An issue was discovered in Pivotal Spring Framework before 3.2.18, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, and 4.3.x before 4.3.5. Paths provided to the ResourceServlet were not properly sanitized and as a result exposed to directory traversal attacks.
Severity
7.5 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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"3.0.6.RELEASE-12",
"3.0.6.RELEASE-13"
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"binary_name": "libspring-jms-java",
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"binary_name": "libspring-orm-java",
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},
{
"binary_name": "libspring-web-servlet-java",
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}
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},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
"name": "libspring-java",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libspring-java@3.2.13-5ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/xenial"
},
"ranges": [
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},
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}
],
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}
],
"versions": [
"3.2.13-3",
"3.2.13-4",
"3.2.13-5"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "An issue was discovered in Pivotal Spring Framework before 3.2.18, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, and 4.3.x before 4.3.5. Paths provided to the ResourceServlet were not properly sanitized and as a result exposed to directory traversal attacks.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9878",
"modified": "2025-07-16T04:51:35Z",
"published": "2016-12-29T09:59:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9878"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-9878"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://jira.spring.io/browse/SPR-14946"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9878"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4774-1"
}
],
"related": [
"USN-4774-1"
],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "low",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2016-9878"
]
}
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