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CVE-2017-15707: DoS vulnerability

December 1, 2017 (updated April 26, 2019)

The REST Plugin is using an outdated JSON-lib library which is vulnerable and allow perform a DoS attack using malicious request with specially crafted JSON payload.

References

  • cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-054
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15707

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.5.14.1

Fixed versions

  • 2.5.14.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.5.14.1 or above.

Impact 6.2 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Source file

maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-rest-plugin/CVE-2017-15707.yml

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