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A crafted JSON request can be used to perform a DoS attack when using the Struts REST plugin |
Who should read this | All Struts 2 developers and users which are using the REST plugin |
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Impact of vulnerability | A DoS attack is possible when using outdated json-lib with the Struts REST plugin |
Maximum security rating |
Moderate | |
Recommendation | Upgrade to Struts 2.5.14.1 |
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Affected Software | Struts 2.5 - Struts 2.5.14 |
Reporter | Huijun Chen |
, XiaoLong Zhu - Huawei Technologies | |
CVE Identifier | CVE-2017-15707 |
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Problem
The REST Plugin is using an outdated JSON-lib library which is vulnerable and allow perform a DoS attack using malicious request with specially crafted JSON payload.
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Upgrade to Apache Struts version 2.5.14.1. Another solution is to use the Jackson handler instead of the default JSON-lib handler as described here.
Backward compatibility
No backward incompatibility issues are expected.
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Use Jackson handler instead of the default JSON-lib handler as described here.