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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2017-09-20T17:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:32:00.228Z

Reserved: 2016-10-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-8738

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-20T17:29:00.337

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:59:57.737

Link: CVE-2016-8738

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