CVE-2016-1000027 (Critical) detected in spring-web-5.3.29.jar

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CVE-2016-1000027 - Critical Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - spring-web-5.3.29.jar

Spring Web

Library home page: https://spring.io/projects/spring-framework

Path to dependency file: /build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.springframework/spring-web/5.3.29/4cd333e48d9a05d05c05ae7426242ecfe4cfb681/spring-web-5.3.29.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• jenkins-core-2.426.3.jar (Root Library)
  • spring-security-web-5.8.7.jar
    • ❌ spring-web-5.3.29.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

Pivotal Spring Framework through 5.3.16 suffers from a potential remote code execution (RCE) issue if used for Java deserialization of untrusted data. Depending on how the library is implemented within a product, this issue may or not occur, and authentication may be required. NOTE: the vendor's position is that untrusted data is not an intended use case. The product's behavior will not be changed because some users rely on deserialization of trusted data.
Mend Note: After conducting further research, Mend has determined that all versions of spring-web up to version 6.0.0 are vulnerable to CVE-2016-1000027.

Publish Date: 2020-01-02

URL: CVE-2016-1000027

CVSS 3 Score Details (9.8)

Base Score Metrics:

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

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-4wrc-f8pq-fpqp

Release Date: 2020-01-02

Fix Resolution: org.springframework:spring-web:6.0.0

[jordarlu]

at the current Jenkins core 2.387.1 , it still uses spring-security-web:5.8.1 which includes spring-web:5.3.24, the solution suggests to upgrade to spring-web:6.0.0 and it has not been mentioned in the Jenkins Change Log at the moment yet ... may have to wait for newer Jenkins Core to fix it ..

+--- org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core:2.387.1
|    +--- org.jenkins-ci.main:cli:2.387.1
................
|    +--- org.springframework.security:spring-security-web:5.8.1
|    |    +--- org.springframework.security:spring-security-core:5.8.1
|    |    +--- org.springframework.security:spring-security-core:5.8.1
|    |    |    +--- org.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto:5.8.1
.................
|    |    \--- org.springframework:spring-web:5.3.24

[jordarlu]

Referring to spring-projects/spring-framework#24434 (comment), https://issues.jenkins.io/browse/SECURITY-3352, and spring-projects/spring-framework#25104, in short, there will be no 'fix' from Spring-framework on this; and we should not be impacted by it either because Jenkins did not use that particular feature.
Can we let Mend know or if there is a way to apply an exemption ?
@zelinh @gaiksaya

[mend-for-github-com]

✔️ This issue was automatically closed by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the Mend inventory.

[zelinh]

Manually marked this dependency as ignored until our further investigation.

[mend-for-github-com]

ℹ️ This issue was automatically re-opened by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) has been detected in the Mend inventory.

[dblock]

Catch All Triage - 1, 2