Check Point Advisories

VMware Spring Cloud Config Directory Traversal (CVE-2020-5405)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2020-4130
Date Published: 28 Feb 2024
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Wednesday 28 February, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2020-5405
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? VMware Spring Cloud Config 2.1.0 and later, prior to 2.1.7
VMware Spring Cloud Config 2.2.0 and later, prior to 2.2.2
Vulnerability Description A directory traversal vulnerability exists in VMware Spring Cloud Config. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to list directories on the affected system.

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 VMware Spring Cloud Config Directory Traversal (CVE-2020-5405) 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:  Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  VMware Spring Cloud Config Directory Traversal (CVE-2020-5405)

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