GeoTools up to 29.5/30.3/31.1 eval injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as very critical has been found in GeoTools up to 29.5/30.3/31.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to eval injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-36404. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in GeoTools up to 29.5/30.3/31.1 and classified as very critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a eval injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-95. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes code syntax before using the input in a dynamic evaluation call (e.g. "eval"). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

GeoTools is an open source Java library that provides tools for geospatial data. Prior to versions 31.2, 30.4, and 29.6, Remote Code Execution (RCE) is possible if an application uses certain GeoTools functionality to evaluate XPath expressions supplied by user input. Versions 31.2, 30.4, and 29.6 contain a fix for this issue. As a workaround, GeoTools can operate with reduced functionality by removing the `gt-complex` jar from one's application. As an example of the impact, application schema `datastore` would not function without the ability to use XPath expressions to query complex content. Alternatively, one may utilize a drop-in replacement GeoTools jar from SourceForge for versions 31.1, 30.3, 30.2, 29.2, 28.2, 27.5, 27.4, 26.7, 26.4, 25.2, and 24.0. These jars are for download only and are not available from maven central, intended to quickly provide a fix to affected applications.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-36404 since 05/27/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/02/2024).

Upgrading to version 29.6, 30.4 or 31.2 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at sourceforge.net. Applying the patch f0c9961dc4d40c5acfce2169fab92805738de5ea is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• GeoTools

Version

• 29.0
• 29.1
• 29.2
• 29.3
• 29.4
• 29.5
• 30.0
• 30.1
• 30.2
• 30.3
• 31.0
• 31.1

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/geotools/geotools/

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