RULE(RULE ID:330184)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2020-05-25
Rule Name: Spring Data REST PATCH Request Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2017-8046)
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CVE ID:
Rule Protection Details
Description: Malicious PATCH requests submitted to servers using Spring Data REST versions prior to 2.6.9 (Ingalls SR9), versions prior to 3.0.1 (Kay SR1) and Spring Boot versions prior to 1.5.9, 2.0 M6 can use specially crafted JSON data to run arbitrary Java code.
Impact: An attacker can execute arbitrary code via a successful exploit in the context of the vulnerable software.
Affected OS: Windows, Linux
Reference: SecurityFocusBID:100948
ExploitDB:44289
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2405
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-8046
Solutions
The vendors have released upgrade patches to fix vulnerabilities, please visit:
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-8046