Spring Security up to 3.2.4 CAS Proxy Ticket Authentication HTTP Request improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Spring Security up to 3.2.4. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component CAS Proxy Ticket Authentication. Such manipulation as part of HTTP Request leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2014-3527. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Spring Security up to 3.2.4 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component CAS Proxy Ticket Authentication. The manipulation as part of a HTTP Request leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

When using the CAS Proxy ticket authentication from Spring Security 3.1 to 3.2.4 a malicious CAS Service could trick another CAS Service into authenticating a proxy ticket that was not associated. This is due to the fact that the proxy ticket authentication uses the information from the HttpServletRequest which is populated based upon untrusted information within the HTTP request. This means if there are access control restrictions on which CAS services can authenticate to one another, those restrictions can be bypassed. If users are not using CAS Proxy tickets and not basing access control decisions based upon the CAS Service, then there is no impact to users.

The bug was discovered 08/17/2014. The weakness was presented 05/25/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at pivotal.io. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-3527 since 05/14/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77447 (Fedora 19 : springframework-security-3.1.7-1.fc19 (2014-9646)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 122613 (Fedora Security Update for springframework-security (FEDORA-2014-9648)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (77447). See VDB-101766 for similar entry. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Nessus ID: 77447
Nessus Name: Fedora 19 : springframework-security-3.1.7-1.fc19 (2014-9646)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for springframework-security FEDORA-2014-9648
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Recommended: Upgrade
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05/14/2014 🔍
08/17/2014 +95 days 🔍
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05/26/2017 +1 days 🔍
12/16/2024 +2761 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: pivotal.io
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-3527 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-3527
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-101768
OSVDB: - CVE-2014-3527 - Spring Security - Authentication Bypass Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/26/2017 02:56
Updated: 12/16/2024 10:35
Changes: 05/26/2017 02:56 (68), 10/03/2020 07:27 (5), 12/16/2024 10:35 (21)
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