Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting org.apache.struts:struts2-core package, versions [2.5.1,2.5.31) [6.1.2,6.1.2.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.12% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHESTRUTS-5707102
  • published 14 Jun 2023
  • disclosed 14 Jun 2023
  • credit Matthew McClain

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.struts:struts2-core to version 2.5.31, 6.1.2.1 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.struts:struts2-core is a popular open-source framework for developing web applications in the Java programming language.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling when it loads non-file regular form fields from a Multipart request into memory as Strings without verifying their sizes.

This vulnerability can be exploited if a developer has set struts.multipart.maxSize to a value equal to or greater than the available memory.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

7.5 high