CVE-2011-2731 Information

Description

Race condition in the RunAsManager mechanism in VMware SpringSource Spring Security before 2.0.7 and 3.0.x before 3.0.6 stores the Authentication object in the shared security context which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted thread.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=677814 http://secunia.com/advisories/55155 http://support.springsource.com/security/cve-2011-2731 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029151