Security Bulletin: There is a security vulnerability in Apache Commons FileUpload and Tomcat used by IBM Maximo Data Loader (CVE-2023-24998)

Summary

There is a security vulnerability in Apache Commons FileUpload and Tomcat used by IBM Maximo Data Loader

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

For IBM Maximo Data Loader:

Maximo Data Loader |

IBM Maximo Data Loader Patch Fix or Release

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8.5.0

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8.5.0 or latest (available from the IBM Entitled Registry)

Refer to IBM documentation Loading data using Maximo Data Loader for the deployments process.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None