Resource exhaustion in Apache Struts - CVE-2006-1547
Published: April 23, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU88919
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1547
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack via a multipart/form-data encoded form with a parameter name that references the public getMultipartRequestHandler method, which provides further access to elements in the CommonsMultipartRequestHandler implementation and BeanUtils.
Affected software
Apache Struts
Integration Designer
Integration Designer
How to mitigate CVE-2006-1547
Install updates from vendor's website.
Apache Struts - update to 1.2.9
External References
- http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38534
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19493
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20117
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015856
- http://struts.apache.org/struts-doc-1.2.9/userGuide/release-notes.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17342
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1205
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25613