SUSE Security Update: Security update for jakarta-commons-fileupload
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2013:1660-1
Rating:             important
References:         #846174 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-2186
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:


   jakarta-commons-fileupload received a security fix:

   * A poison null byte flaw was found in the
   implementation of the DiskFileItem class. A remote attacker
   could able to supply a serialized instance of the
   DiskFileItem class, which would be deserialized on a
   server, could use this flaw to write arbitrary content to
   any location on the server that is permitted by the user
   running the application server process. (CVE-2013-2186)

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2013-2186
   


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-jakarta-commons-fileupload-8446

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-jakarta-commons-fileupload-8446

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-jakarta-commons-fileupload-8445

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-jakarta-commons-fileupload-8445

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (noarch):

      jakarta-commons-fileupload-1.1.1-1.35.1
      jakarta-commons-fileupload-javadoc-1.1.1-1.35.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (noarch):

      jakarta-commons-fileupload-1.1.1-1.35.1
      jakarta-commons-fileupload-javadoc-1.1.1-1.35.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (noarch):

      jakarta-commons-fileupload-1.1.1-1.35.1
      jakarta-commons-fileupload-javadoc-1.1.1-1.35.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (noarch):

      jakarta-commons-fileupload-1.1.1-1.35.1
      jakarta-commons-fileupload-javadoc-1.1.1-1.35.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2186.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/846174
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

SuSE: 2013:1660-1: important: jakarta-commons-fileupload

November 12, 2013
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

jakarta-commons-fileupload received a security fix: * A poison null byte flaw was found in the implementation of the DiskFileItem class. A remote attacker could able to supply a serialized instance of the DiskFileItem class, which would be deserialized on a server, could use this flaw to write arbitrary content to any location on the server that is permitted by the user running the application server process. (CVE-2013-2186) Security Issue reference: * CVE-2013-2186 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware: zypper in -t patch slessp3-jakarta-commons-fileupload-8446 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch slessp3-jakarta-commons-fileupload-8446 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware: zypper in -t patch slessp2-jakarta-commons-...

Read the Full Advisory

References

#846174

Cross- CVE-2013-2186

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2186.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/846174

https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:1660-1
Rating: important

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