MEDIUM 5.3 Maven
Apache Struts vulnerable to possible DoS attack when using URLValidator
GHSA-xg75-68x3-7p3q · CVE-2016-4465
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Description
The URLValidator class in Apache Struts 2 2.3.20 through 2.3.28.1 and 2.5.x before 2.5.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a null value for a URL field.
References
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4465
- WEB https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/a0fdca138feec2c2e94eb75ca1f8b76678b4d152
- WEB https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/eccc31ebce5430f9e91b9684c63eaaf885e603f9
- WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348253
- PACKAGE https://github.com/apache/struts
- WEB https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-041.html
- WEB http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN12352818/index.html
- WEB http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000114
- WEB http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21987854
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