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Bug 1488481 - (CVE-2017-9793) CVE-2017-9793 struts: DoS attack via crafted XML payload processed by REST Plugin using XStream library
CVE-2017-9793 struts: DoS attack via crafted XML payload processed by REST Pl...
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=moderate,public=20170905,repor...
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Depends On: 1488487 1488488
Blocks: 1488486
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Reported: 2017-09-05 09:43 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2017-09-06 09:37 EDT (History)
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Fixed In Version: struts 2.5.13, struts 2.3.34
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A flaw was found in the Struts REST plugin when using an outdated XStream library. An attacker could perform a denial of service attack using a malicious request with specially crafted XML payload.
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Last Closed: 2017-09-06 04:49:11 EDT
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-09-05 09:43:38 EDT 
The REST Plugin is using outdated XStream library which is vulnerable and allow perform a DoS attack using malicious request with specially crafted XML payload.

Affected versions:	

Struts 2.3.7 - Struts 2.3.33, Struts 2.5 - Struts 2.5.12

External References:

https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-051.html
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-09-05 10:01:17 EDT 
Created struts tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1488487]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1488488]
Comment 2 Chess Hazlett 2017-09-05 14:35:13 EDT 
Statement:

This issue did not affect any of the Red Hat products as they did not include the Apache Struts 2 package.
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