Security Bulletin: Open Source Commons FileUpload Apache Vulnerabilities (CVE-2016-1000031)

Security Bulletin

Summary

Open Source Commons FileUpload Apache Vulnerabilities addressed by IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager Agent for Application Diagnostics

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-1000031
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons FileUpload, as used in IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Application Diagnostics Managing Server, 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 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

IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Application Diagnostics 7.1 and above

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Application Diagnostics Managing Server 7.1 FixPack 4 IFix 2. The download link will be provided when it is available.

Workarounds and Mitigations

The following steps can be used to replace commons-fileupload-1.3.2.jar with commons-fileupload-1.3.3.jar in IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Application Diagnostics Managing Server:

1. Login to the host where IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Application Diagnostics Managing Server Visualization Engine is installed (ITCAM for AD MSVE);

2. Go to WAS_HOME/profiles/<MSVE profile>/installedApps/<MSVE cell>/ITCAM_Application.ear/octigate.web-ws51.war/WEB-INF/lib, replace commons-fileupload-1.3.2.jar with commons-fileupload-1.3.3.jar provided in this security bulletin;

3. Restart MSVE's WebSphere server instance.

commons-fileupload-1.3.3.jar

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References

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Change History

05/08/2018 Draft bulletin created

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Security Bulletin: Open Source Commons FileUpload Apache Vulnerabilities (CVE-2016-1000031)