GHSA-38cr-2ph5-frr9

Apache Struts REST Plugin can potentially allow a DoS attack

At a glance

Published
Updated
CVE
CVE-2018-1327
CVSS_V3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The Apache Struts REST Plugin is using XStream library which is vulnerable and allow perform a DoS attack when using a malicious request with specially crafted XML payload. Upgrade to the Apache Struts version 2.5.16 and switch to an optional Jackson XML handler as described here http://struts.apache.org/plugins/rest/#custom-contenttypehandlers. Another option is to implement a custom XML handler based on the Jackson XML handler from the Apache Struts 2.5.16.

Affected packages

PackageVersions
Maven · org.apache.struts:struts2-rest-pluginintroduced 2.1.1, fixed 2.5.16

References

Sources

SourceLicence
OSV.devCC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database