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Security Bulletin: The IBM® Engineering Lifecycle Management is impacted by vulnerabilties in Apache Commons Fileupload and Apache Tomcat

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Summary

Vulnerabilities have been identified in Apache Commons Fileupload and Apache Tomcat which are used in IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - IBM Jazz. This bulletin contains information regarding vulnerabilities and remediation actions.

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.
CWE:   CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CVSS Source:   IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score:   5.3
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2016-1000031
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Commons FileUpload, as used in Novell NetIQ Sentinel and other products, 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.
CWE:   CWE-284: Improper Access Control
CVSS Source:   IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score:   9.8
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

IBM X-Force ID:   220723
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Commons FileUpload could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a resource leak flaw in the FileUploadBase class. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CWE:   CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
CVSS Source:   IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score:   7.5
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
Jazz Foundation7.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

Advising users who are on ELM 7.0, 7.0.1 or any other version below 7.0.2 to upgrade your products to Maintenance release 7.0.2 version as these products have reached end of life. Optionally, upgrade to the latest 7.1.0 version. 

Affected Product(s)Version(s)Remediation/Fix/Instructions
Jazz Foundation7.0.2Download and install iFix033

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

11 Mar 2025: Initial Publication

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
11 March 2025

Initial Publish date:
11 March 2025

UID

ibm17185204