HIGH 7.5 Maven
Spring AOP functionality (Struts) vulnerable to DoS attack
GHSA-8mr5-h28g-36qx · CVE-2017-9787
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Description
When using a Spring AOP functionality to secure Struts actions it is possible to perform a DoS attack. Solution is to upgrade to Apache Struts version 2.5.12 or 2.3.33.
References
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9787
- WEB https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/086b63735527d4bb0c1dd0d86a7c0374b825ff2
- WEB https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/0d6442bab5b44d93c4c2e63c5335f0a331333b9
- WEB https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3795c4dd46d9ec75f4a6eb9eca11c11edd3e796c6c1fd7b17b5dc50d@%3Cannouncements.struts.apache.org%3E
- WEB https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/de3d325f0433cd3b42258b6a302c0d7a72b69eedc1480ed561d3b065@%3Cannouncements.struts.apache.org%3E
- WEB https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180706-0002
- WEB https://web.archive.org/web/20170910013819/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039115
- WEB https://web.archive.org/web/20200227144723/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99562
- WEB http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-049.html
- WEB http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html
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