Vulnerability CVE-2017-9787
Published: 2017-07-13   Modified: 2017-07-19

Description:
When using a Spring AOP functionality to secure Struts actions it is possible to perform a DoS attack when user was properly authenticated. Solution is to upgrade to Apache Struts version 2.5.12 or 2.3.33.

Vendor: Apache
Product: Struts 
Version:
2.5.9
2.5.8
2.5.7
2.5.6
2.5.5
2.5.4
2.5.3
2.5.2
2.5.10.1
2.5.10
2.5.1
2.5
2.3.9
2.3.8
2.3.7
2.3.32
2.3.31
2.3.30
2.3.29
2.3.28.1
2.3.28
2.3.27
2.3.26
2.3.25
2.3.24.3
2.3.24.2
2.3.24.1
2.3.24
2.3.23
2.3.22
2.3.21
2.3.20.3
2.3.20.2
2.3.20.1
2.3.20
2.3.19
2.3.17
2.3.16.3
2.3.16.2
2.3.16.1
2.3.16
2.3.15.3
2.3.15.2
2.3.15.1
2.3.15
2.3.14.3
2.3.14.2
2.3.14.1
2.3.14
2.3.13
2.3.12
2.3.11
2.3.10

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4/10
2.9/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial

 References:
http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-049.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99562
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3795c4dd46d9ec75f4a6eb9eca11c11edd3e796c6c1fd7b17b5dc50d@%3Cannouncements.struts.apache.org%3E

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