Bug 1348253 – CVE-2016-4465 struts: Possible DoS attack when using URLValidator

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Bug 1348253 - (CVE-2016-4465) CVE-2016-4465 struts: Possible DoS attack when using URLValidator

Summary:	CVE-2016-4465 struts: Possible DoS attack when using URLValidator

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2016-4465

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 10:48 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2018-01-30 10:45 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 10:48:49 EDT

If an application allows enter na URL field in a form 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.

Affected versions: Struts 2.3.20 - Struts 2.3.28.1 and Struts 2.5

External References:

https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-041.html

Comment 1 gil cattaneo 2016-06-20 10:53:15 EDT

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

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