Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling B2B Integrator is vulnerable to denial of service due to Apache Commons FileUpload (CVE-2023-24998)

Summary

IBM Sterling B2B Integrator uses Apache Commons FileUpload.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-24998
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons FileUpload and Tomcat are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by not limit the number of request parts to be processed in the file upload function. By sending a specially-crafted request with series of uploads, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/247895 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

The IIM versions of 6.0.3.9, 6.1.0.8 and 6.1.2.3 are available on Fix Central. The IIM version of 6.2.0.0 is available on Passport Advantage

The container version of 6.1.2.3 and 6.2.0.0 are available in IBM Entitled Registry.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None