Mageia alert MGASA-2015-0351 (struts)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2015-0351: Updated struts packages fix CVE-2015-0899 
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Tue, 8 Sep 2015 19:56:42 +0200
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MGASA-2015-0351 - Updated struts packages fix CVE-2015-0899

Publication date: 08 Sep 2015
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0351.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 4, 5
CVE: CVE-2015-0899

Description:
Updated struts packages fix security vulnerability:

The Validator in Apache Struts 1.1 and later contains a function to
efficiently define rules for input validation across multiple pages during
screen transitions. This function contains a vulnerability where input
validation may be bypassed. When the Apache Struts 1 Validator is used, the
web application may be vulnerable even when this function is not used
explicitly (CVE-2015-0899).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16601
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announc...
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0899

SRPMS:
- 4/core/struts-1.3.10-4.2.mga4
- 5/core/struts-1.3.10-8.1.mga5