Security Bulletin: APIC is affected by a vulnerability in Apache Commons FileUpload (CVE-2016-1000031)

Summary

IBM API Connect has addressed the following vulnerability.

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&gt; 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

Remediation/Fixes

Addressed in IBM API Connect V5.0.8.5 fixpack.

Follow this link and find the APIConnect_Management package.

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=ibm%7EWebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/IBM+API+Connect&release=5.0.8.4&platform=All&function=all&source=fc

Workarounds and Mitigations

None