SB2023031643 - SUSE update for jakarta-commons-fileupload



SB2023031643 - SUSE update for jakarta-commons-fileupload

Published: March 16, 2023 Updated: May 23, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2023031643
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3092)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause denial of service conditions on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing very long boundary strings within the MultipartStream class in Apache Commons Fileupload. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions by sending specially crafted boundary string and consume excessive CPU resources.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in denial of service attack.


2) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-24998)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to Apache Commons FileUpload does not limit the number of request parts. A remote attacker can initiate a series of uploads and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.