CVE-2011-2731

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware SpringSource Spring Security versions prior to 2.0.7 VMware SpringSource Spring Security versions 3.0.x prior to 3.0.6

Description A race condition exists in the RunAsManager mechanism, allowing attackers to gain privileges through a crafted thread by storing the Authentication object in the shared security context.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.0.7, update to version 2.0.7 or later. For versions 3.0.x prior to 3.0.6, update to version 3.0.6 or later.