Description
In Apache Struts 2.3.7 through 2.3.33 and 2.5 through 2.5.12, if an application allows entering a 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for S2-047 / CVE-2017-7672.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Struts | 2.3.7 - 2.3.33, 2.5 - 2.5.12 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.struts:struts2-core | >= 2.3.7, < 2.3.34 | 2.3.34 | GHSA-x5x7-3v85-wpc4 |
| Maven | org.apache.struts:struts2-core | >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.13 | 2.5.13 | GHSA-x5x7-3v85-wpc4 |
References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html
- 20170907 Multiple Vulnerabilities in Apache Struts 2 Affecting Cisco Products: September 2017 vendor-advisory
- 100612 vdb-entry
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0001/
- http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2017-003.txt
- 1039261 vdb-entry
- https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-050.html