Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Apache Commons Fileupload affects IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager (CVE-2013-2186, CVE-2013-0248, CVE-2016-3092, CVE-2014-0050, 220723)

Summary

Apache Commons Fileupload is shipped with IBM Tivoli Business Manager 6.2.0 as part of its web service infrastucture. Information about security vulnerabilities affecting Apache Commons Fileupload has been published in a security bulletin.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2013-2186
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache commons-fileupload could allow a remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system, caused by a NULL byte in the implementation of the DiskFileItem class. By sending a serialized instance of the DiskFileItem class, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to write or overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base score: 6.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88133 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVEID:CVE-2013-0248
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons FileUpload could allow a local attacker to launch a symlink attack. Temporary files are created insecurely. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a symbolic link from a temporary file to various files on the system, which could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system with elevated privileges.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82618 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVEID:CVE-2016-3092
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the Apache Commons FileUpload component. By sending file upload requests, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to become unresponsive.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/114336 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2014-0050
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons FileUpload, as used in Apache Tomcat, Solr, and other products is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of Content-Type HTTP header for multipart requests by MultipartStream.java. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted Content-Type header to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop.
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90987 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

**IBM X-Force ID:**220723
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons Fileupload could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a resource leak flaw in the FileUploadBase class. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/220723 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

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Remediation/Fixes

Workarounds and Mitigations

None