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Apache Struts Content-Type arbitrary command execution (CVE-2017-5638)

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Apache Struts Content-Type arbitrary command execution (CVE-2017-5638)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/09/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/09/2017
Modified
09/25/2024

Description

The Jakarta Multipart parser in Apache Struts 2 2.3.x before 2.3.32 and 2.5.x before 2.5.10.1 has incorrect exception handling and error-message generation during file-upload attempts, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted Content-Type, Content-Disposition, or Content-Length HTTP header, as exploited in the wild in March 2017 with a Content-Type header containing a #cmd= string.

Solution(s)

  • apache-struts-upgrade-latest

References

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