SB2016051305 - Denial of service in Apache Commons FileUpload
Published: May 13, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016051305
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3092)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause denial of service conditions on the target system.The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing very long boundary strings within the MultipartStream class in Apache Commons Fileupload. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions by sending specially crafted boundary string and consume excessive CPU resources.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.