If an application allows enter an 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. Solution is to upgrade to Apache Struts version 2.5.12.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:41:33.467Z

Reserved: 2017-04-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-7672

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-07-13T15:29:00.363

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-7672

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-08-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7672 - Bugzilla

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