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CVE-2018-1327

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Date: March 27, 2018

The Apache Struts REST Plugin is using XStream library which is vulnerable and allow perform a DoS attack when using a malicious request with specially crafted XML payload. Upgrade to the Apache Struts version 2.5.16 and switch to an optional Jackson XML handler as described here http://struts.apache.org/plugins/rest/#custom-contenttypehandlers. Another option is to implement a custom XML handler based on the Jackson XML handler from the Apache Struts 2.5.16.

Language: Java

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Related Resources (21)

https://web.archive.org/web/20200923124543/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040575
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1327
https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/4260bee634cb606be6071bce2383fddb510608aa
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/9260720568cee9e868d2899228eceed0c3359323
https://github.com/apache/struts
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180330-0001/
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf482c101a88445d73cc2e89dbf7f16ae00a4aa79a544a1e72b2326db@%3Cissues.struts.apache.org%3E
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040575
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-056
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf482c101a88445d73cc2e89dbf7f16ae00a4aa79a544a1e72b2326db%40%3Cissues.struts.apache.org%3E
https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/67ecf3a21608e20449bcb7895b22204b400fecd4
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r02c2d634fa74209d941c90f9a4cd36a6f12366ca65f9b90446ff2de3@%3Cissues.struts.apache.org%3E
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180330-0001
https://web.archive.org/web/20200227124859/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103516
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103516
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r02c2d634fa74209d941c90f9a4cd36a6f12366ca65f9b90446ff2de3%40%3Cissues.struts.apache.org%3E
https://www.mend.io/resources/blog/top-security-open-source-vulnerabilities
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-1327
https://www.mend.io/resources/blog/top-5-new-open-source-vulnerabilities-in-april-2018
https://www.mend.io/resources/blog/top-10-open-source-vulnerabilities-of-2018

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)

CWE-91

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
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

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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