Check Point Advisories

Pivotal Spring Framework spring-messaging Module STOMP Remote Code Execution (CVE-2018-1270)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2019-0224
Date Published: 19 Feb 2019
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 03 January, 2023
Source: Pivotal
Industry Reference:CVE-2018-1270
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Pivotal Spring Framework 4.3 to 4.3.14
Pivotal Spring Framework 5.0 to 5.0.4
Pivotal Spring Framework prior to 4.x
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Pivotal Spring Framework. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of user-supplied input to a STOMP broker in the spring-messaging module. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending maliciously crafted message to the STOMP broker. Successful exploitation could lead to code execution in the context of the service.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Pivotal Spring Framework spring-messaging Module STOMP Remote Code Execution protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Pivotal Spring Framework spring-messaging Module STOMP Remote Code Execution

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