CVE-2016-8738 (GCVE-0-2016-8738)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-09-20 17:00
Modified
2024-09-16 20:32
Severity ?
CWE
  • Possible DoS attack when using URLValidator
Summary
In Apache Struts 2.5 through 2.5.5, if an application allows entering a URL in a form field and the 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.
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Apache Software Foundation Apache Struts Version: 2.5 - 2.5.5
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