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Paul Benedict commented on STR-3191:
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Since the patch now provides filtering, the tags are now a safer alternative to
straight JSP. Perhaps it's not so much of a security fix as it is a
security-wise enhancement?
> Sufficently filter HTML tag attribute names and values
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> Key: STR-3191
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/STR-3191
> Project: Struts 1
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Tag Libraries
> Affects Versions: 1.2.9, 1.3.10
> Reporter: Paul Benedict
> Assignee: Paul Benedict
> Priority: Blocker
> Fix For: 1.3.11, 1.4.0
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> Attachments: STR-3191-patch.txt
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> Allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via
> unspecified vectors related to insufficient quoting of parameters.
> * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-2025
> * http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2025.html
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