Security Bulletin: Apache Commons FileUpload (Publicly disclosed vulnerability) affects IBM eDiscovery Manager (CVE-2023-24998)

Summary

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. This issue has 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRM| Remediation
—|—|—
IBM eDiscovery Manager| 2.2.2| Use IBM eDiscovery Manager 2.2.2.3 Interim Fix 007 for Windows

Use IBM eDiscovery Manager 2.2.2.3 Interim Fix 007 for AIX

Workarounds and Mitigations

None