CVE-2008-6505

Publication date 23 March 2009

Last updated 17 July 2025


Ubuntu priority

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Apache Struts 2.0.x before 2.0.12 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..%252f (encoded dot dot slash) in a URI with a /struts/ path, related to (1) FilterDispatcher in 2.0.x and (2) DefaultStaticContentLoader in 2.1.x.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libstruts1.2-java 8.10 intrepid Ignored
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored
7.10 gutsy Ignored
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored

Notes


kees

does not seem to apply to 1.2.x series


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