| Name | CVE-2018-1257 |
| Description | Spring Framework, versions 5.0.x prior to 5.0.6, versions 4.3.x prior to 4.3.17, and older unsupported versions allows applications to expose STOMP over WebSocket endpoints with a simple, in-memory STOMP broker through the spring-messaging module. A malicious user (or attacker) can craft a message to the broker that can lead to a regular expression, denial of service attack. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
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 | vulnerable | |
| 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 | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| libspring-java | source | jessie | (not affected) | |||
| libspring-java | source | (unstable) | 4.3.19-1 |
[stretch] - libspring-java <ignored> (Minor issue, no known patch)
[jessie] - libspring-java <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1257
websocket introduced in v4 https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/4e67f809fbc1957e40fc787686b63254eaa8d7fa
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/26821 (patch unidentifiable)