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CVE-2024-38829: Spring LDAP Spring LDAP sensitive data exposure for case-sensitive comparisons

LOW | NOVEMBER 19, 2024 | CVE-2024-38829

Description

The usage of String.toLowerCase() and String.toUpperCase() has some Locale dependent exceptions that could potentially result in unintended columns from being queried

Related to CVE-2024-38820

Affected Spring Products and Versions

Spring LDAP:

  • 2.4.0 - 2.4.3
  • 3.0.0 - 3.0.9
  • 3.1.0 - 3.1.7
  • 3.2.0 - 3.2.7
  • Older, unsupported versions are also affected

Mitigation

Users of affected versions should upgrade to the corresponding fixed version.

Affected version(s) Fix version Availability
2.4.x 2.4.4 OSS
3.0.x 3.0.10 Commercial
3.1.x 3.1.8 Commercial
3.2.x 3.2.8 OSS

No other mitigation steps are necessary.

References

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To report a security vulnerability for a project within the Spring portfolio, see the Security Policy

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