VMware Spring Boot up to 2.7.17/3.0.12/3.1.5 HTTP Request denial of service

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in VMware Spring Boot up to 2.7.17/3.0.12/3.1.5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component HTTP Request Handler. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-34055. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Spring Boot up to 2.7.17/3.0.12/3.1.5 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

In Spring Boot versions 2.7.0 - 2.7.17, 3.0.0-3.0.12 and 3.1.0-3.1.5, it is possible for a user to provide specially crafted HTTP requests that may cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. Specifically, an application is vulnerable when all of the following are true: * the application uses Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux * org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-actuator is on the classpath

The weakness was published 11/28/2023. The advisory is available at spring.io. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-34055 since 05/25/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 271373 (Oracle WebCenter Sites (October 2025 CPU)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 2.7.18, 3.0.13 or 3.1.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (271373). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Vendor

• VMware

Name

• Spring Boot

Version

• 2.7.0
• 2.7.1
• 2.7.2
• 2.7.3
• 2.7.4
• 2.7.5
• 2.7.6
• 2.7.7
• 2.7.8
• 2.7.9
• 2.7.10
• 2.7.11
• 2.7.12
• 2.7.13
• 2.7.14
• 2.7.15
• 2.7.16
• 2.7.17
• 3.0.0
• 3.0.1
• 3.0.2
• 3.0.3
• 3.0.4
• 3.0.5
• 3.0.6
• 3.0.7
• 3.0.8
• 3.0.9
• 3.0.10
• 3.0.11
• 3.0.12
• 3.1.0
• 3.1.1
• 3.1.2
• 3.1.3
• 3.1.4
• 3.1.5

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

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