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Apache Struts: CVE-2016-1181: Arbitrary code execution, denial of service

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Apache Struts: CVE-2016-1181: Arbitrary code execution, denial of service

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/04/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/27/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

ActionServlet.java in Apache Struts 1 1.x through 1.3.10 mishandles multithreaded access to an ActionForm instance, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (unexpected memory access) via a multipart request, a related issue to CVE-2015-0899.

Solution(s)

  • struts-cve-2016-1181-1

References

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