Issued:
2013-10-15
Updated:
2013-10-15

RHSA-2013:1429 - Important: jakarta-commons-fileupload security update

Synopsis

Important: jakarta-commons-fileupload security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

An update for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0.2 that fixes one security issue is now available from the Red Hat Customer Portal.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Description

The Apache Commons FileUpload component can be used to add a file upload capability to your applications.

A flaw was found in the way the DiskFileItem class handled NULL characters in file names. A remote attacker able to supply a serialized instance of the DiskFileItem class, which will be deserialized on a server, could use this flaw to write arbitrary content to any location on the server that is accessible to the user running the application server process. (CVE-2013-2186)

All users of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0.2 as provided from the Red Hat Customer Portal are advised to apply this update.

Solution

The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must log in to download the update). Before applying the update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server installation (including all applications and configuration files).

The JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
JBoss Enterprise Web ServerText-Only Advisoriesx86_64

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