| Name | CVE-2016-5007 |
| Description | Both Spring Security 3.2.x, 4.0.x, 4.1.0 and the Spring Framework 3.2.x, 4.0.x, 4.1.x, 4.2.x rely on URL pattern mappings for authorization and for mapping requests to controllers respectively. Differences in the strictness of the pattern matching mechanisms, for example with regards to space trimming in path segments, can lead Spring Security to not recognize certain paths as not protected that are in fact mapped to Spring MVC controllers that should be protected. The problem is compounded by the fact that the Spring Framework provides richer features with regards to pattern matching as well as by the fact that pattern matching in each Spring Security and the Spring Framework can easily be customized creating additional differences. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libspring-java (PTS) | bullseye | 4.3.30-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 4.3.30-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libspring-java | source | wheezy | (not affected) | |||
| libspring-java | source | (unstable) | 4.3.2-1 |
[jessie] - libspring-java <ignored> (Minor issue, no rdeps using both spring-framework and spring-security, trimTokens mitigation not present in 3.0.x)
[wheezy] - libspring-java <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-5007
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/a30ab30 (v4.3.1.RELEASE)
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/commit/e4c13e
Upstream bug: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/issues/3964
Upstream bug: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/18893
Mitigations exists in https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-5007
Other (already unsupported) versions are affected as well by the issue; the
fix introduces a new API, so jessie and older should instead rely on mitigations