Spring Security does not consider URL path parameters when processing security constraints. By adding a URL path parameter with an encoded "/" to a request, an attacker may be able to bypass a security constraint. The root cause of this issue is a lack of clarity regarding the handling of path parameters in the Servlet Specification (see below). Some Servlet containers include path parameters in the value returned for getPathInfo() and some do not. Spring Security uses the value returned by getPathInfo() as part of the process of mapping requests to security constraints. The unexpected presence of path parameters can cause a constraint to be bypassed. Users of Apache Tomcat (all current versions) are not affected by this vulnerability since Tomcat follows the guidance previously provided by the Servlet Expert group and strips path parameters from the value returned by getContextPath(), getServletPath() and getPathInfo(). Users of other Servlet containers based on Apache Tomcat may or may not be affected depending on whether or not the handling of path parameters has been modified. Users of IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5.x are known to be affected. Users of other containers that implement the Servlet specification may be affected. Upstream bug: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/issues/4169 External Reference: https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-9879 Mitigation: Use a Servlet container known not to include path parameters in the return values for getServletPath() and getPathInfo()
Created springframework-security tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: fedora-all [bug 1409840]
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Via RHSA-2017:1832 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1832
This vulnerability is out of security support scope for the following product: * Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 Please refer to https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/jboss_notes for more details.