Improper Input Validation Affecting libcommons-fileupload-java package, versions <1.3-2.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
90.17% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-LIBCOMMONSFILEUPLOADJAVA-270934
  • published28 Oct 2013
  • disclosed28 Oct 2013

Introduced: 28 Oct 2013

CVE-2013-2186  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable libcommons-fileupload-java to version 1.3-2.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libcommons-fileupload-java package and not the libcommons-fileupload-java package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

The DiskFileItem class in Apache Commons FileUpload, as used in Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5.3.1; JBoss Portal 4.3 CP07, 5.2.2, and 6.0.0; and Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a NULL byte in a file name in a serialized instance.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1