Published:2022/05/20  Last Updated:2022/05/20

JVN#15317878
Spring Security OAuth (spring-security-oauth2) vulnerable to denial-of-service (DoS)

Overview

Spring Security OAuth (spring-security-oauth2) contains a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability.

Products Affected

  • Spring Security OAuth (spring-security-oauth2) 2.5.1 and earlier

Description

Spring Security OAuth (spring-security-oauth2) provided by VMware, Inc. contains a denial-of-service vulnerability due to uncontrolled resource consumption (CWE-400).
Note that Spring Security OAuth (spring-security-oauth2) is no longer supported, therefore Spring Security has been developed as the alternative, and the similar vulnerability known as CVE-2021-22119 was identified but has been addressed.

Impact

A website that provides OAuth client functionality using Spring Security OAuth (spring-security-oauth2) may fall into a denial-of-service condition.

Solution

Update the software
Update the software to the latest version according to the information provided by the developer.

Vendor Status

Vendor Status Last Update Vendor Notes
NTT DATA Corporation Vulnerable 2022/05/20 NTT DATA Corporation website
OMRON Corporation Vulnerability Information Provided 2022/05/20
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. Vulnerability Information Provided 2022/05/20

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

CVSS v3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Base Score: 4.3
Attack Vector(AV) Physical (P) Local (L) Adjacent (A) Network (N)
Attack Complexity(AC) High (H) Low (L)
Privileges Required(PR) High (H) Low (L) None (N)
User Interaction(UI) Required (R) None (N)
Scope(S) Unchanged (U) Changed (C)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
CVSS v2 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Base Score: 4.0
Access Vector(AV) Local (L) Adjacent Network (A) Network (N)
Access Complexity(AC) High (H) Medium (M) Low (L)
Authentication(Au) Multiple (M) Single (S) None (N)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)

Credit

Macchinetta/TERASOLUNA Framework Development Team:NTT DATA Corporation, NTT COMWARE, and NTT reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2022-22969
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2022-000037