Upstream information

CVE-2016-1182 at MITRE

Description

ActionServlet.java in Apache Struts 1 1.x through 1.3.10 does not properly restrict the Validator configuration, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or cause a denial of service via crafted input, a related issue to CVE-2015-0899.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 6.4 5.8
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network Network
Access Complexity Low Medium
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact Partial Partial
Availability Impact Partial Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 8.2
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3

Note from the SUSE Security Team

The problematic code is not used in SUSE products.

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 983684 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

SUSE Security Advisories:

  • TID7018709, published Sa 3. Mär 12:02:27 CET 2018
  • TID7021433, published Sat Mar 3 09:45:57 UTC 2018
  • TID7021937, published Sa 3. Mär 12:00:22 CET 2018


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 struts Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 struts Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 struts Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 struts Ignore
SUSE Manager Server 2.1 struts Ignore
SUSE Manager Server 3.0 struts Ignore


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Aug 11 11:16:44 2015
CVE page last modified: Tue Feb 14 14:56:31 2023