CVE-2016-8738

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-8738
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-20 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-07-01 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Apache Struts 2.5 through 2.5.5, if an application allows entering a URL in a form field and the 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Struts 2.5 All All All
Application Apache Struts 2.5.1 All All All
Application Apache Struts 2.5.2 All All All
Application Apache Struts 2.5.3 All All All
Application Apache Struts 2.5.4 All All All
Application Apache Struts 2.5.5 All All All
Application Apache Struts 2.5 All All All
Application Apache Struts 2.5.1 All All All
Application Apache Struts 2.5.2 All All All
Application Apache Struts 2.5.3 All All All
Application Apache Struts 2.5.4 All All All
Application Apache Struts 2.5.5 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Apache Struts CVE-2016-8738 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
October 2017 Apache Struts Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
S2-044 CONFIRM struts.apache.org Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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