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title: "CVE-2014-0116\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-0116

Publication date 8 May 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

CookieInterceptor in Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.20, when a wildcard
cookiesName value is used, does not properly restrict access to the
getClass method, which allows remote attackers to "manipulate" the
ClassLoader and modify session state via a crafted request. NOTE: this
vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-0113.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0116?format=md#notes)

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libstruts1.2-java | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

per Debian: <not-affected> (Struts 2.0.0 through to Struts 2.3.16.2)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0116)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0116)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-0116)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0116)

### Other references

* <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-022>
* <http://struts.apache.org/release/2.3.x/docs/s2-022.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0116>