Security Bulletin
Summary
This vulnerability to Open Source Apache Tomcat was reported by The Apache Software Foundation on 20 June 2016.
Vulnerability Details
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 Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
TADDM 7.2.2.0 - 7.2.2.5
TADDM 7.3.0.0 (TADDM 7.3.0.1-3 - not affected - using WebSphere Liberty Profile)
Remediation/Fixes
There are eFixes prepared on top of the latest released FixPack for each stream:
| Fix | VRMF | APAR | How to acquire fix |
| efix_tomcat7070_201411291020.zip | 7.3.0.0 | None | Download eFix |
| efix_tomcat7070_FP520160209.zip | 7.2.2.5 | None | Download eFix |
Please get familiar with eFix readme in etc/<efix_name>_readme.txt
Note that the eFix requires manual deletion of the external/apache-tomcat directory.
Workarounds and Mitigations
The solution is to upgrade TADDM to use Tomcat version 7.0.70.
EFixes are prepared on top of the latest FixPack release, but if there were any custom changes made in a previous version of Apache Tomcat, please reapply them after the upgrade is finished.
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References
Acknowledgement
This issue was identified by the TERASOLUNA Framework Development Team and reported to the Apache Commons team via JPCERT on 9 May 2016. It was made public on 21 June 2016.
Change History
31 August 2016: Original Copy Published
*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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
swg21986641