cvelist/2016/8xxx/CVE-2016-8738.json

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        "ASSIGNER": "security@apache.org",
        "DATE_PUBLIC": "2016-12-19T00:00:00",
        "ID": "CVE-2016-8738",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
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                {
                    "product": {
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                                "product_name": "Apache Struts",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "2.5 - 2.5.5"
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                    "vendor_name": "Apache Software Foundation"
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    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "In Apache Struts 2.5 through 2.5.5, if an application allows entering a URL in a form field and the 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."
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    "problemtype": {
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                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "Possible DoS attack when using URLValidator"
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    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "name": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0003/",
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0003/"
            },
            {
                "name": "94657",
                "refsource": "BID",
                "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94657"
            },
            {
                "name": "https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-044.html",
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                "url": "https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-044.html"
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