Spring Boot server Web Observations DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2023-34055)

Summary

Spring Boot server Web Observations DoS Vulnerability

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In Spring Boot versions 2.7.0 - 2.7.17, 3.0.0-3.0.12 and 3.1.0-3.1.5, it is possible for a user to provide specially crafted HTTP requests that may cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

Specifically, an application is vulnerable when all of the following are true:

the application uses Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux
org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-actuator is on the classpath

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV

References

advisory github.com
advisory nvd.nist.gov
advisory security.netapp.com
web spring.io