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CVE-2023-24998

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Date: February 20, 2023

Apache Commons FileUpload before 1.5 does not limit the number of request parts to be processed resulting in the possibility of an attacker triggering a DoS with a malicious upload or series of uploads. Note that, like all of the file upload limits, the new configuration option (FileUploadBase#setFileCountMax) is not enabled by default and must be explicitly configured.

Language: Java

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (26)

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread/4xl4l09mhwg4vgsk7dxqogcjrobrrdoy

Url: https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-24998

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5522

Url: https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-fileupload/security-reports.html

Url: https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html

Url: https://github.com/apache/commons-fileupload

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/22/1

Url: https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aapache%2Ftomcat+util.http+path%3A%2F%5Eres%5C%2Fbnd%5C%2F%2F&type=code

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24998

Url: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/cf77cc545de0488fb89e24294151504a7432df74

Url: https://github.com/apache/commons-fileupload/commit/e20c04990f7420ca917e96a84cec58b13a1b3d17

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-37

Url: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/9ca96c8c1eba86c0aaa2e6be581ba2a7d4d4ae6e

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0002/

Url: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/8a2285f13affa961cc65595aad999db5efae45ce

Url: https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230302-0013/

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0002

Url: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/d53d8e7f77042cc32a3b98f589496a1ef5088e38

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00020.html

Url: https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230302-0013

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00008.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-24998

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-24998

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CWE-770

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:10.1.5;org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:11.0.0-M5;org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:8.5.88;org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:9.0.71;org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote:10.1.5;org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote:11.0.0-M5;org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote:8.5.88;org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote:9.0.71;commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload:1.5

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

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CVE-2023-24998

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Date: February 20, 2023

Language: Java

Severity Score

Related Resources (26)

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

CVSS v3.1

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