ghsa-86vq-8qhc-5rqw
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 03:15
Modified
2024-01-04 21:32
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Apache Struts vulnerable to possible DoS attack when using URLValidator
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.apache.struts:struts2-core"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.5.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.5.13"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-8738"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-11-03T22:42:43Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-09-20T17:29:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-86vq-8qhc-5rqw",
  "modified": "2024-01-04T21:32:56Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:15:07Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8738"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/554b9dddb0fbd1e581ef577dd62a7c22955ad0f6"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/apache/struts"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0003"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-044.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Apache Struts vulnerable to possible DoS attack when using URLValidator"
}


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