USN-7165-1: Spring Framework vulnerability

17 December 2024

Spring Framework could be made to run programs or expose sensitive information if it received specially crafted network traffic.

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Details

It was discovered that the Spring Framework incorrectly handled web
requests via data binding. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
achieve remote code execution and obtain sensitive information.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.10
Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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