#VU80762 Resource exhaustion in Apache Struts - CVE-2023-41835

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#VU80762 Resource exhaustion in Apache Struts - CVE-2023-41835

Published: September 13, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU80762
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-41835
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Apache Struts
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly handles multipart requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted multipart request with fields that exceed the maxStringLength  limit and force the application to use disk excessively even if the request was denied.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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