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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS04NnZxLThxaGMtNXJxd84AAWrf

Possible DoS attack when using URLValidator

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.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-86vq-8qhc-5rqw
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Moderate
Classification: General
Published: over 1 year ago
Updated: 8 months ago

CVSS Score: 5.9
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Identifiers: GHSA-86vq-8qhc-5rqw, CVE-2016-8738
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8738
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0003/
• https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-044.html
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-86vq-8qhc-5rqw

Affected Packages