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Grails® data binding causes JVM crash and/or DoS

High
mattmoss published GHSA-3pjv-r7w4-2cf5 Dec 20, 2023

Package

maven grails-databinding (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 6.0.0, < 6.1.0
>= 5.0.0, < 5.3.4
>= 4.0.0, < 4.1.3
>= 3.0.0, < 3.3.17
>= 2.0.0, < 3.0.0

Patched versions

6.1.0
5.3.4
4.1.3
3.3.17

Description

Impact

A specially crafted web request can lead to a JVM crash or denial of service. Any Grails® framework application using Grails data binding is vulnerable.

Patches

Patches are available for Grails 3 and later.

Workarounds

No workaround is possible except to avoid data binding to request data.

References

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE ID

CVE-2023-46131

Weaknesses

Improper Handling of Additional Special Element

The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not handle or incorrectly handles when an additional unexpected special element is provided. Learn more on MITRE.

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

The product does not handle or incorrectly handles an exceptional condition. Learn more on MITRE.