Spring Framework is a comprehensive, open-source framework for building Java applications. It provides dependency injection (DI), aspect-oriented programming (AOP), and transaction management, making Java development more modular and efficient.
Spring Web is a module of Spring Framework designed for building web applications and RESTful services in Java. It provides essential web functionalities, including servlet-based request handling, REST API support, and integration with Spring Web MVC, which is a module within Spring Framework that provides a powerful Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture for building web applications.
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption can result in a situation where the product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
CVE-2024-38828 identifies a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability within Spring Framework’s Spring MVC module. Specifically, controller methods that utilize the @RequestBody annotation with a byte[] parameter are susceptible. An attacker can exploit this by sending a large payload, leading to excessive memory consumption and potential application crashes.
This issue affects multiple versions of:
org.springframework:spring-web package.
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