CVE-2017-9793

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-09-05
CWE:
CWE-20
Bugzilla:
1488481: CVE-2017-9793 struts: DoS attack via crafted XML payload processed by REST Plugin using XStream library
A flaw was found in the Struts REST plugin when using an outdated XStream library. An attacker could perform a denial of service attack using a malicious request with specially crafted XML payload.

Find out more about CVE-2017-9793 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect any of the Red Hat products as they did not include the Apache Struts 2 package.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.9
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Satellite 5 struts Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 struts Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 struts Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 struts Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 struts Not affected

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