CVE-2017-15707 (GCVE-0-2017-15707)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-12-01 16:00
Modified
2024-09-16 22:01
Severity ?
CWE
  • DoS attack
Summary
In Apache Struts 2.5 to 2.5.14, the REST Plugin is using an outdated JSON-lib library which is vulnerable and allow perform a DoS attack using malicious request with specially crafted JSON payload.
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Apache Software Foundation Apache Struts Version: 2.5 to 2.5.14
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