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| Rule General Information |
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| Release Date: | 2019-07-04 | |
| Rule Name: | Apache Struts2 REST Plugin XStream DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2017-9793) | |
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| Rule Protection Details |
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| Description: | The REST Plugin in Apache Struts 2.3.7 through 2.3.33 and 2.5 through 2.5.12 is using an outdated XStream library which is vulnerable and allow perform a DoS attack using malicious request with specially crafted XML payload. | |
| Impact: | An attacker can launch a denial of service attack by exploiting the vulnerability successfully. | |
| Affected OS: | Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Other Unix, Network Device, Mac OS, iOS, Android, Others | |
| Reference: | SecurityFocusBID:100611 SecurityTrackerID:1039262 https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-051.html |
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| Solutions |
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| The vendors have released upgrade patches to fix vulnerabilities, please visit: https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-051.html |