CVE-2016-8738

NameCVE-2016-8738
DescriptionIn Apache Struts 2.5 through 2.5.5, if an application allows entering a URL in a form field and the 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libstruts1.2-javasourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
libstruts1.2-javasource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

[wheezy] - libstruts1.2-java <end-of-life> (no longer supported)
https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-044.html

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