Improper Input Validation Affecting tomcat-webapps package, versions <0:7.0.69-10.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.47% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-TOMCATWEBAPPS-5169597
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed21 Jun 2016

Introduced: 21 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-3092  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 tomcat-webapps to version 0:7.0.69-10.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2599.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat-webapps package and not the tomcat-webapps package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The MultipartStream class in Apache Commons Fileupload before 1.3.2, as used in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.70, 8.x before 8.0.36, 8.5.x before 8.5.3, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M7 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long boundary string.

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