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Spring Framework DoS via conditional HTTP request

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Sep 24, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 21, 2025

Package

maven org.springframework:spring-web (Maven)

Affected versions

< 5.3.38
>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.23
>= 6.1.0, < 6.1.12

Patched versions

5.3.38
6.0.23
6.1.12

Description

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.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 24, 2024
Reviewed Sep 24, 2024
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 27, 2024
Last updated Feb 21, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(12th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-38809

GHSA ID

GHSA-2rmj-mq67-h97g

Source code

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