JetBrains Spring Boot 2019.1 Configuration Config input validation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in JetBrains Spring Boot 2019.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Configuration. The manipulation as part of Config leads to input validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-9186. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in JetBrains Spring Boot 2019.1 and classified as very critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Configuration. The manipulation as part of a Config leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In several JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA versions, a Spring Boot run configuration with the default setting allowed remote attackers to execute code when the configuration is running, because a JMX server listens on all interfaces (instead of listening on only the localhost interface). This issue has been fixed in the following versions: 2019.1, 2018.3.4, 2018.2.8, 2018.1.8, and 2017.3.7.

The weakness was disclosed 07/03/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at blog.jetbrains.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-9186 since 02/26/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/01/2020).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• JetBrains

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• Spring Boot

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• 2019.1

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• free

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