Bug 1457686 (CVE-2017-4971) - CVE-2017-4971 spring-webflow: Data Binding Expression Vulnerability
Summary: CVE-2017-4971 spring-webflow: Data Binding Expression Vulnerability
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-4971
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1457688
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Reported: 2017-06-01 07:05 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2021-02-17 02:05 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: spring-webflow 2.4.5
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Last Closed: 2017-06-26 17:54:24 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-06-01 07:05:14 UTC 
Applications that do not change the value of the MvcViewFactoryCreator useSpringBinding property which is disabled by default (i.e. set to “false”) can be vulnerable to malicious EL expressions in view states that process form submissions but do not have a sub-element to declare explicit data binding property mappings.

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https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-4971
Comment 1 Kurt Seifried 2017-06-26 17:54:24 UTC 
Statement:

This issue affects the versions of spring-webflow as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having (Low|Moderate) security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
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