Bug 1348233 – CVE-2016-4436 struts: Action name clean up is error prone

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Bug 1348233 - (CVE-2016-4436) CVE-2016-4436 struts: Action name clean up is error prone

Summary:	CVE-2016-4436 struts: Action name clean up is error prone

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2016-4436

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Reported:	2016-06-20 10:06 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2018-01-30 10:44 EST (History)
CC List:	7 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	struts 2.3.29, struts 2.5.1
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-06-20 10:06:20 EDT

It was found that method used to clean up action name can produce vulnerable payload based on crafted input which can be used by attacker to perform unspecified attack.

Affected versions: Struts 2.0.0 - Struts 2.3.28.1

External References:

https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-035.html

Comment 1 gil cattaneo 2016-06-20 10:44:06 EDT

thanks for the information, but I remove from the CC list.

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