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FreeBSD: Apache Commons FileUpload -- denial of service (CVE-2016-3092)

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FreeBSD: Apache Commons FileUpload -- denial of service (CVE-2016-3092)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
07/04/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/20/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

The MultipartStream class in Apache Commons Fileupload before 1.3.2, as used in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.70, 8.x before 8.0.36, 8.5.x before 8.5.3, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M7 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long boundary string.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-apache-struts
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-tomcat6
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-tomcat7
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-tomcat8

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