CVE-2017-7672 (GCVE-0-2017-7672)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-07-13 15:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:41
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Summary
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. Solution is to upgrade to Apache Struts version 2.5.12.
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  • DoS Attack
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Apache Software Foundation Apache Struts Affected: 2.5 to 2.5.10.1
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