GHSA-vwxj-6m5m-rrvh

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    GHSA-vwxj-6m5m-rrvh

    Published: 16 Oct 2018Last Modified: 17 Feb 2024
    Aliases:
    CVE-2017-9793

    Summary: The REST Plugin in Apache Struts is using an outdated XStream library

    Details: The REST Plugin in Apache Struts 2.3.7 through 2.3.33 and 2.5 through 2.5.12 is using an outdated XStream library which is vulnerable and allow perform a DoS attack using malicious request with specially crafted XML payload.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9793, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vwxj-6m5m-rrvh, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0001, https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-051.html, https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170907-struts2, http://www.brocade.com/content/dam/common/documents/content-types/security-bulletin/brocade-security-advisory-2017-429.htm, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100611, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039262

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.apache.struts:struts2-rest-plugin

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-rest-plugin

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.3.34

    Affected versions

    2.1.2
    2.1.6
    2.1.8
    2.1.8.1

    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