| Name | CVE-2016-9878 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1853-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 849167 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libspring-java (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.0.6.RELEASE-17+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 4.3.5-1+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster | 4.3.22-4 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 4.3.30-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 4.3.30-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libspring-java | source | jessie | 3.0.6.RELEASE-17+deb8u1 | DLA-1853-1 | ||
| libspring-java | source | (unstable) | 4.3.5-1 | 849167 |
[wheezy] - libspring-java <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-9878
Fixed by: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/e2d6e709c3c65a4951eb096843ee75d5200cfcad (4.3.x branch)
Fixed by: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/43bf008fbcd0d7945e2fcd5e30039bc4d74c7a98 (4.2.x branch)
Fixed by: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/a7dc48534ea501525f11369d369178a60c2f47d0 (3.2.x branch)
https://jira.spring.io/browse/SPR-14946