Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libstruts1.2-java (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-LIBSTRUTS12JAVA-615137
- published10 Sept 2020
- disclosed20 Sept 2017
Introduced: 20 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-9793 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libstruts1.2-java package and not the libstruts1.2-java package as distributed by Ubuntu.
The REST Plugin in Apache Struts 2.1.x, 2.3.7 through 2.3.33 and 2.5 through 2.5.12 is using an outdated XStream library which is vulnerable and allow perform a DoS attack using malicious request with specially crafted XML payload.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-9793
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100611
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170907-struts2
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0001/
- https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-051.html
- http://www.brocade.com/content/dam/common/documents/content-types/security-bulletin/brocade-security-advisory-2017-429.htm
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039262