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HistoryOct 10, 2023 - 6:31 p.m.

Apache Tomcat Incomplete Cleanup vulnerability

2023-10-1018:31:35
Google
osv.dev
7
apache tomcat
incomplete cleanup
commons fileupload
denial of service
windows
upgrade

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

14.6%

Incomplete Cleanup vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.

The internal fork of Commons FileUpload packaged with Apache Tomcat 9.0.70 through 9.0.80 and 8.5.85 through 8.5.93 included an unreleased, in progress refactoring that exposed a potential denial of service on Windows if a web application opened a stream for an uploaded file but failed to close the stream. The file would never be deleted from disk creating the possibility of an eventual denial of service due to the disk being full.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.0.81 onwards or 8.5.94 onwards, which fixes the issue.