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CVE-2023-20883: Spring Boot Welcome Page Denial of Service

May 26, 2023

In Spring Boot versions 3.0.0 - 3.0.6, 2.7.0 - 2.7.11, 2.6.0 - 2.6.14, 2.5.0 - 2.5.14 and older unsupported versions, there is potential for a denial-of-service (DoS) attack if Spring MVC is used together with a reverse proxy cache.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-xf96-w227-r7c4
  • github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/commit/418dd1ba5bdad79b55a043000164bfcbda2acd78
  • github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues/35552
  • github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/releases/tag/v2.5.15
  • github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/releases/tag/v2.6.15
  • github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/releases/tag/v2.7.12
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20883
  • spring.io/security/cve-2023-20883

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.5.15, all versions starting from 2.6.0 before 2.6.15, all versions starting from 2.7.0 before 2.7.12, all versions starting from 3.0.0 before 3.0.7

Fixed versions

  • 2.7.12
  • 3.0.7
  • 2.5.15
  • 2.6.15

Solution

Upgrade to versions 2.7.12, 3.0.7, 2.5.15, 2.6.15 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Source file

maven/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-autoconfigure/CVE-2023-20883.yml

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