RHSA-2013:1442 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for the commons-fileupload component that fixes one security
issue is now available from the Red Hat Customer Portal for Red Hat JBoss
SOA Platform 4.3.0.GA_CP05 and 5.3.1 GA.

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 the affected products as provided from the Red Hat Customer
Portal are advised to apply this update.

Solution

The References section of this erratum contains download links (you must
log in to download the update). Before applying the update, back up your
existing Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform installation (including its databases,
applications, configuration files, and so on).

Note that it is recommended to halt the Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform server
by stopping the JBoss Application Server process before installing this
update. After installing the update, restart the Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform
server by starting the JBoss Application Server process.

Affected Products

• Red Hat JBoss Middleware Text-Only Advisories for MIDDLEWARE 1 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 974814 - CVE-2013-2186 Apache commons-fileupload: Arbitrary file upload via deserialization

CVEs

• CVE-2013-2186

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
• https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=soaplatform&downloadType=securityPatches&version=4.3.0.GA_CP05
• https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=soaplatform&downloadType=securityPatches&version=5.3.1+GA