GeoServer up to 2.25.x information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GeoServer up to 2.25.x. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-35230. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GeoServer up to 2.25.x. Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

GeoServer is an open source software server written in Java that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. In affected versions the welcome and about page includes version and revision information about the software in use (including library and components used). This information is sensitive from a security point of view because it allows software used by the server to be easily identified. This issue has been patched in version 2.26.0 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-35230 since 05/14/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

Upgrading to version 2.26.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 74fdab745a5deff20ac99abca24d8695fe1a52f8 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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Name

• GeoServer

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.23
• 2.24
• 2.25

License

• open-source

Website

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

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