PT-2012-1568 · Vmware · Spring Security

Published 2012-12-05 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2011-2731

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware SpringSource Spring Security versions prior to 2.0.7 VMware SpringSource Spring Security versions 3.0.x prior to 3.0.6

Description A race condition exists in the RunAsManager mechanism, allowing attackers to gain privileges through a crafted thread by storing the Authentication object in the shared security context.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.0.7, update to version 2.0.7 or later. For versions 3.0.x prior to 3.0.6, update to version 3.0.6 or later.

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-2731

GHSA-4644-HG35-55M9

Affected Products

Spring Security

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2731 · Security Note
• http://support.springsource.com/security/cve-2011-2731 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4644-hg35-55m9 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=677814 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1029151 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55155 · Note