Spring Framework DoS via conditional HTTP request
### Description Applications that parse ETags from `If-Match` or `If-None-Match` request headers are vulnerable to DoS attack. ### Affected Spring Products and Versions org.springframework:spring-web in versions 6.1.0 through 6.1.11 6.0.0 through 6.0.22 5.3.0 through 5.3.37 Older, unsupported versions are also affected ### Mitigation Users of affected versions should upgrade to the corresponding fixed version. 6.1.x -> 6.1.12 6.0.x -> 6.0.23 5.3.x -> 5.3.38 No other mitigation steps are necessary. Users of older, unsupported versions could enforce a size limit on `If-Match` and `If-None-Match` headers, e.g. through a Filter.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-38809US | — | — | ||
Applications that parse ETags from "If-Match" or "If-None-Match" request headers are vulnerable to DoS attack.
Users of affected versions should upgrade to the corresponding fixed… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-frameworkPACKAGE
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/582bfccbb72e5c8959a0b472d1dc7d03a20520f3WEB
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/8d16a50907c11f7e6b407d878a26e84eba08a533WEB
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/bb17ad8314b81850a939fd265fb53b3361705e85WEB
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/33372WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38809ADVISORY
- https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-38809WEB
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