GHSA-86vq-8qhc-5rqw

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Apache Struts vulnerable to possible DoS attack when using URLValidator

view advisory published 2022-05-14Licence: CC-BY-4.0

If an application allows enter an 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.

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Related CVEs.

ID	severity	EPSS	exploitable	published
CVE-2016-8738US	medium5.9	3.26% (88th)	—	2017-09-20
In 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 wil…

references

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://github.com/apache/strutsPACKAGE
https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/554b9dddb0fbd1e581ef577dd62a7c22955ad0f6WEB
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8738ADVISORY
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0003WEB
https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-044.htmlWEB

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