Security Bulletin: IBM Kenexa LCMS Premier on Cloud is affected by Open Source Commons FileUpload Apache Vulnerabilities

Summary

IBM Kenexa LCMS Premier on Cloud has addressed a vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by deserialization of untrusted data in DiskFileItem class of the FileUpload library. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2016-1000031**
DESCRIPTION: *Apache Commons FileUpload, as used in Novell NetIQ Sentinel and other products, could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by deserialization of untrusted data in DiskFileItem class of the FileUpload library. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/117957 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

9.3, 9.4, 9.5,10.0, 10.1,10.2,11.0,11.1,11.2

Remediation/Fixes

This issue has been addressed in IBM Kenexa LCMS Premier 11.2 latest Fix level

Customers who are using an affected version should visit IBM Support Portal and open a Service Request (SR) to request an upgrade to latest fixed release.

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