GHSA-86vq-8qhc-5rqw

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    GHSA-86vq-8qhc-5rqw

    Published: 14 May 2022Last Modified: 19 Feb 2024
    Aliases:
    CVE-2016-8738

    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.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8738, https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/554b9dddb0fbd1e581ef577dd62a7c22955ad0f6, https://github.com/apache/struts, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0003, https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-044.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.apache.struts:struts2-core

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-core

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 2.5.0
    Fixed -2.5.13

    Affected versions

    2.5
    2.5.1
    2.5.10
    2.5.10.1
    2.5.12
    2.5.2
    2.5.5
    2.5.8

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High