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Denial of service in Apache Struts

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 14, 2024

Package

maven ognl:ognl (Maven)

Affected versions

< 3.0.12

Patched versions

3.0.12
maven org.apache.struts:struts2-core (Maven)
>= 2.0.0, <= 2.3.24.1
2.3.24.3

Description

Apache Struts 2.0.0 through 2.3.24.1 does not properly cache method references when used with OGNL before 3.0.12, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (block access to a web site) via unspecified vectors.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 7, 2016
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Reviewed Jul 6, 2022
Last updated Mar 14, 2024

Severity

Moderate
5.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2016-3093

GHSA ID

GHSA-383p-xqxx-rrmp

Source code

No known source code

Credits

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