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CRITICAL

Cloud Foundry vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery

Published May 13, 2022Updated February 29, 2024Source: osv

Summary

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) before 242; UAA 2.x before 2.7.4.7, 3.x before 3.3.0.5, and 3.4.x before 3.4.4; UAA BOSH before 11.5 and 12.x before 12.5; Elastic Runtime before 1.6.40, 1.7.x before 1.7.21, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2; and Ops Manager 1.7.x before 1.7.13 and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims for requests that approve or deny a scope via a profile or authorize approval page.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published May 13, 2022 (1613 days ago).
  • Last revised February 29, 2024 — 657 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Maven
Update org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server to 2.7.4.7 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 2.7.4.7 for org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server -->
Maven
Update org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server to 3.7.0 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 3.7.0 for org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server -->
Maven
Update org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server to 3.3.0.5 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 3.3.0.5 for org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server -->
Maven
Update org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server to 3.4.4 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 3.4.4 for org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server -->

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (4)

Affects 1 ecosystem: maven (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server
maven
All versions2.7.4.7
org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server
maven
3.5.0, 3.6.03.7.0
org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server
maven
3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.1.0, 3.2.0 (+6 more)3.3.0.5
org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server
maven
3.4.0, 3.4.2, 3.4.33.4.4

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

  • CWE-352
    Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)MITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.6 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2016-6637?
Cloud Foundry vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.6/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2016-6637?
CVE-2016-6637 affects org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2016-6637 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.6

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-4m8c-h7fr-gq5c

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