CVE-2017-9804

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-09-05
CWE:
CWE-20
Bugzilla:
1488491: CVE-2017-9804 struts: A regular expression Denial of Service when using URLValidator

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

In Apache Struts 2.3.7 through 2.3.33 and 2.5 through 2.5.12, if an application allows entering a URL in a form field and 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for S2-047 / CVE-2017-7672.

Find out more about CVE-2017-9804 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

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

CVSS3 Base Score 3.7
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

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

External References

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