CVE-2017-4971

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-05-31
Bugzilla:
1457686: CVE-2017-4971 spring-webflow: Data Binding Expression Vulnerability

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

An issue was discovered in Pivotal Spring Web Flow through 2.4.4. Applications that do not change the value of the MvcViewFactoryCreator useSpringBinding property which is disabled by default (i.e., set to 'false') can be vulnerable to malicious EL expressions in view states that process form submissions but do not have a sub-element to declare explicit data binding property mappings.

Find out more about CVE-2017-4971 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue affects the versions of spring-webflow as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having (Low|Moderate) security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
RHEV Manager 3 jasperreports-server-pro Will not fix

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