fkie_cve-2017-7672
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2017-07-13 15:29
Modified
2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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. Solution is to upgrade to Apache Struts version 2.5.12.
References
security@apache.orghttp://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-047.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
security@apache.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html
security@apache.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99563Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@apache.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039114
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3795c4dd46d9ec75f4a6eb9eca11c11edd3e796c6c1fd7b17b5dc50d%40%3Cannouncements.struts.apache.org%3E
security@apache.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180706-0002/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-047.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99563Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039114
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3795c4dd46d9ec75f4a6eb9eca11c11edd3e796c6c1fd7b17b5dc50d%40%3Cannouncements.struts.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180706-0002/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache struts 2.5
apache struts 2.5.1
apache struts 2.5.2
apache struts 2.5.5
apache struts 2.5.8
apache struts 2.5.10
apache struts 2.5.10.1


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