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POLY SYSTEMS - APACHE STRUTS IMPACT

The Apache Software Foundation publicly announced on March 6th, a new remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Apache Struts 2, an open-source software framework. Poly products do not contain Apache Struts 2 and therefore are not vulnerable to this CVE.

Severity

Critical

Advisory ID

PLYVC17-01

Initial public release

03/21/2017

Last update

03/14/2022

Category

Poly

Summary

CVE 2017-5638 – Apache StrutsThe Jakarta Multipart parser in Apache Struts 2 2.3.x before 2.3.32 and 2.5.x before 2.5.10.1 has incorrect exception handling and error-message generation during file-upload attempts, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted Content-Type, Content-Disposition, or Content-Length HTTP header, as exploited in the wild in March 2017 with a Content-Type header containing a #cmd= string.

Relevant Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) List

List of CVE IDs

CVE ID

CVS 3.0

Severity

Vector

CVE-2017-5638

10.0

Critical

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Learn more about CVSS 3.0 base metrics, which range from 0 to 10.

Resolution

Poly products are not vulnerable to the Apache Struts vulnerability reported in CVE-2017-5638 and no action is needed.

There is no workaround.

Revision history

This document has been revised according to the following information.

List of versions

Version

Description

Date

2.0

Format Changes

3/14/2022

1.0

Initial release

12/8/2022

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Third-party security patches

Third-party security patches that are to be installed on systems running Poly software products should be applied in accordance with the customer's patch management policy.

Contact

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