Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in Apache Commons FileUpload affect IBM Application Performance Management products

Summary

Apache Commons FileUpload is used by IBM Application Performance Management. The vulnerabilities in the product component have been addressed.

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)

CVEID:CVE-2013-0248
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons FileUpload could allow a local attacker to launch a symlink attack. Temporary files are created insecurely. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a symbolic link from a temporary file to various files on the system, which could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system with elevated privileges.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82618 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVEID:CVE-2016-3092
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the Apache Commons FileUpload component. By sending file upload requests, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to become unresponsive.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/114336 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2016-1000031
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons FileUpload, as used in Novell NetIQ Sentinel and other products, could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by deserialization of untrusted data in DiskFileItem class of the FileUpload library. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/117957 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2014-0050
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons FileUpload, as used in Apache Tomcat, Solr, and other products is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of Content-Type HTTP header for multipart requests by MultipartStream.java. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted Content-Type header to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop.
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90987 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVEID:CVE-2013-2186
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache commons-fileupload could allow a remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system, caused by a NULL byte in the implementation of the DiskFileItem class. By sending a serialized instance of the DiskFileItem class, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to write or overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base score: 6.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88133 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

**IBM X-Force ID:**220723
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons Fileupload could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a resource leak flaw in the FileUploadBase class. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/220723 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Cloud Application Performance Management, Base Private

IBM Cloud Application Performance Management, Advanced Private| 8.1.4|

The vulnerability can be remediated by applying the following 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-SERVER-IF0014 or later server patch to the system where the Cloud APM server is installed: <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7028410&gt;

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Workarounds and Mitigations

None