Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Control Center is vulnerable to denial of service due to Apache commons-fileupload (CVE-2023-24998)

Summary

IBM Sterling Control Center uses Apache commons-fileupload which is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by not limiting the number of request parts in the file upload function.

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

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Version

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Remediation

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IBM Sterling Control Center

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6.1.3.0 GA through iFix15

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6.1.3.0 iFix16 Fix Central - 6.1.3.0

IBM Sterling Control Center

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6.2.1.0 GA through iFix10

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6.2.1.0 iFix11 Fix Central - 6.2.1.0

IBM Sterling Control Center

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6.3.0.0 GA through iFix01

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6.3.0.0 iFix02 Fix Central - 6.3.0.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None