CVE-2016-4438
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
Arbitrary code execution in Apache Struts 2
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.struts:struts2-core | >=2.3.19,<2.3.29 | 2.3.29 |
| Maven | org.apache.struts:struts2-rest-plugin | >=2.3.19,<2.3.29 | 2.3.29 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4438.html
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN07710476/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000110
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91275
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348238
- https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-037.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4438
- https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/6d7ac40dcede1793a4534a3dc249fd562d495e8c
- https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/76eb8f38a33ad0f1f48464ee1311559c8d52dd6d
- https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/c9c21378f2fb2ff21355c128c45e106ebd87ad7c
- https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/deefeffd11425f0cd0b797cd86a9b3550234262b
- https://github.com/apache/struts
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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