Security Bulletin: A vulnerability found in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty which is shipped with IBM® Intelligent Operations Center(CVE-2023-24998)

Summary

A vulnerabilitiy has been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty which is shipped with IBM® Intelligent Operations Center. Information about this vulnerability affecting IBM® Intelligent Operations Center have been published and addressed the applicable CVEs.

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

The recommended solution is to apply an interim fix that contains the fix for this issue as soon as practical.

Download the IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.4 is an upgrade to IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.3 through IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2 from the following link:

IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.4

Installation instructions for the fix are included in the readme document that is in the fix package.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None