Pivotal Spring Security CVE-2019-11272 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	108877
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2019-11272
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 19 2019 12:00AM
Updated:	Jun 19 2019 12:00AM
Credit:	Tim Buthe and Daniel Neagaru from mytaxi.
Vulnerable:	Pivotal Software Spring Security 4.2.12 Pivotal Software Spring Security 4.2.11 Pivotal Software Spring Security 4.2.3 Pivotal Software Spring Security 4.2.2 Pivotal Software Spring Security 4.2.1 Pivotal Software Spring Security 4.2 Pivotal Software Spring Security 4.1.4 Pivotal Software Spring Security 4.1.3 Pivotal Software Spring Security 3.2.10 Pivotal Software Spring Security 3.2.9 Pivotal Software Spring Security 3.2.5 Pivotal Software Spring Security 3.2.4 Pivotal Software Spring Security 3.2 Pivotal Software Spring Security 3.1.7 Pivotal Software Spring Security 3.1.6 Pivotal Software Spring Security 4.0
Not Vulnerable:	Pivotal Software Spring Security 4.2.13

Pivotal Spring Security CVE-2019-11272 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Pivotal Spring Security is prone to an authentication-bypass vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue to bypass security restrictions and perform unauthorized actions. This may aid in further attacks.

Spring Security 4.2 through 4.2.12 are vulnerable.

Pivotal Spring Security CVE-2019-11272 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Pivotal Spring Security CVE-2019-11272 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Pivotal Spring Security CVE-2019-11272 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

References:

• Spring Security Product Oage (Pivotal)
  
• Bug 1728993 CVE-2019-11272 spring-security-core: mishandling of user passwords (Redhat)
  
• CVE-2019-11272 (Redhat)
  
• CVE-2019-11272: PlaintextPasswordEncoder authenticates encoded passwords (Pivotal)