Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Symphony with IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is vulnerable to a denial of service due to Apache Commons FileUpload

Summary

IBM Spectrum Symphony with IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is vulnerable to a denial of service due to 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 suggests the following remediation or fix:

Upgrade to the latest versions of IBM Spectrum Symphony FP2 (IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.3.2 with Fix 601711).

Workarounds and Mitigations

None