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Possible DoS attack when using |
Who should read this | All Struts 2 developers and users |
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Impact of vulnerability | Possible DoS attack when using URLValidator |
Maximum security rating | Low |
Recommendation | Upgrade to Struts 2.3.29 or Struts 2.5. |
Affected Software | Struts 2.3.20 - |
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2.3.28.1 |
Struts 2.5 - 2.5.12 | |
Reporter | ASAI Ken tc535mr2 at gmail dot com |
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CVE Identifier | CVE-2016- |
4465 |
Problem
If an application allows enter na URL field in a form 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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Upgrade to Apache Struts version 2.3.29 or 2.5.113.
Backward compatibility
No backward incompatibility issues are expected.
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