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RHEL 6 : jakarta-commons-fileupload (RHSA-2013:1428)
high Nessus Plugin ID 78973
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for jakarta-commons-fileupload.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2013:1428 advisory.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)
Warning: Before applying the update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server installation (including all applications and configuration files).
All users of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 are advised to upgrade to this updated package. The JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take effect.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL jakarta-commons-fileupload package based on the guidance in RHSA-2013:1428.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?b610354e
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1428
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 78973
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2013-1428.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/8/2014
Updated: 4/15/2025
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-2186
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.3
Temporal Score: 6.4
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jakarta-commons-fileupload, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/28/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-2186
BID: 63174