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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1848-1] libspring-security-2.0-java security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libspring-security-2.0-java' package(s) announced via the DSA-1848-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
Spring Security support plain text passwords using PlaintextPasswordEncoder. If an application using an affected version of Spring Security is leveraging PlaintextPasswordEncoder and a user has a null encoded password, a malicious user (or attacker) can authenticate using a password of 'null'.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'libspring-security-2.0-java' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.7.RELEASE-3+deb8u2. We recommend that you upgrade your libspring-security-2.0-java packages.