PT-2024-9997 · Spring+1 · Spring Ldap+1

Published 2024-11-19 · Updated 2024-12-10 · CVE-2024-38829

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

6.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Spring LDAP versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.3 Spring LDAP versions 3.0.0 through 3.2.7

Description: The issue is related to insufficient case sensitivity checking in the String.toLowerCase() and String.toUpperCase() functions of the Spring LDAP project, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to protected information. This may potentially allow for authentication bypass.

Recommendations: For Spring LDAP versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.3, upgrade to a version outside of this range. For Spring LDAP versions 3.0.0 through 3.2.7, upgrade to a version later than 3.2.7. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the String.toLowerCase() and String.toUpperCase() functions until a patch is available.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-178

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-00124

CVE-2024-38829

GHSA-MQVR-2RP8-J7H4

Affected Products

Debian

Spring Ldap

References · 17

• https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-38829 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38829 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38829 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-38829 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-38829 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-00124 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38829 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38829 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38829 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-mqvr-2rp8-j7h4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ldap · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1864422099227390394 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/12032 · Telegram Post
• https://vuldb.com/ru/?id.286941 · Note
• https://twitter.com/dailycve/status/1864439227766669519 · Twitter Post