Bug 1430326 – CVE-2017-5638 struts2: RCE when performing file upload based on Jakarta Multipart parser

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Bug 1430326 - (CVE-2017-5638) CVE-2017-5638 struts2: RCE when performing file upload based on Jakarta Multipart parser

Summary:	CVE-2017-5638 struts2: RCE when performing file upload based on Jakarta Multi...

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	CVE-2017-5638

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

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Reported:	2017-03-08 06:41 EST by Andrej Nemec
Modified:	2018-03-01 12:06 EST (History)
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Doc Text:	A flaw was reported in Apache Struts 2 that could allow an attacker to perform remote code execution with a malicious Content-Type value.
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Last Closed:	2017-03-08 06:44:23 EST
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-03-08 06:41:54 EST

It is possible to perform a RCE attack with a malicious Content-Type value. If the Content-Type value isn't valid an exception is thrown which is then used to display an error message to a user.

External References:

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-045

References:

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/issues/8064

Comment 3 Kurt Seifried 2017-03-09 11:39:14 EST

It doesn't appear that Satellite version 5.x is affected (struts 1) either. Thread 15aa3463cdf3ff5f.

Comment 5 Kurt Seifried 2017-03-23 10:57:53 EDT

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This issue did not affect any of the Red Hat products as they did not include the Apache Struts 2 package. Additionally it does not appear that struts 1 is affected by this vulnerability (the affected code does not appear to be present in struts 1). Additionally it does not appear that Red Hat has backported any code from struts 2 to struts 1 as the code bases are quite different and backporting any significant code would be a major effort with questionable results due to compatibility issues.

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