GHSA-86vq-8qhc-5rqw
Apache Struts vulnerable to possible DoS attack when using URLValidator
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2016-8738
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
If an application allows enter an URL in a form field and built-in URLValidator is used, it is possible to prepare a special URL which will be used to overload server process when performing validation of the URL.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| Maven · org.apache.struts:struts2-core | introduced 2.5.0, fixed 2.5.13 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8738 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/554b9dddb0fbd1e581ef577dd62a7c22955ad0f6 WEB
- https://github.com/apache/struts PACKAGE
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0003 WEB
- https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-044.html WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |