What is GHSA-xg75-68x3-7p3q?

GHSA-xg75-68x3-7p3q is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Apache Struts vulnerable to possible DoS attack when using URLValidator

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-xg75-68x3-7p3q cover?

GHSA-xg75-68x3-7p3q covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2016-4465. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-xg75-68x3-7p3q?

GHSA-xg75-68x3-7p3q has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-xg75-68x3-7p3q?

GHSA-xg75-68x3-7p3q affects 2 products, including: maven/org.apache.struts:struts2-core:\u003e= 2.3.20, \u003c 2.3.29; maven/org.apache.struts:struts2-core:\u003e= 2.5.0, \u003c 2.5.13.

GHSA-xg75-68x3-7p3qMediumCVSS 5.3

Apache Struts vulnerable to possible DoS attack when using URLValidator

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 17, 2022

Last Modified

January 4, 2024

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2016-4465 →

📋 Description

The URLValidator class in Apache Struts 2 2.3.20 through 2.3.28.1 and 2.5.x before 2.5.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a null value for a URL field.

🎯 Affected products2

maven/org.apache.struts:struts2-core:>= 2.3.20, < 2.3.29
maven/org.apache.struts:struts2-core:>= 2.5.0, < 2.5.13

🔗 References (9)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4465
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348253
https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-041.html
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN12352818/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000114
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21987854
https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/a0fdca138feec2c2e94eb75ca1f8b76678b4d152
https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/eccc31ebce5430f9e91b9684c63eaaf885e603f9
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xg75-68x3-7p3q