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CVE-2024-38828 (GCVE-0-2024-38828)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-18 03:45 – Updated: 2025-05-09 20:03
VLAI
Title
CVE-2024-38828: DoS via Spring MVC controller method with byte[] parameter
Summary
Spring MVC controller methods with an @RequestBody byte[] method parameter are vulnerable to a DoS attack.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-11-18 15:07 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Spring Spring Affected: 5.3.x , < 5.3.42 (commercial)
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vmware spring Affected: 5.3.0 , < 5.3.42 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2024-11-15 15:43
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