CVE-2016-3092

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 42.96% Top 5%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000121 vdb entry third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190212-0001/
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324759
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1743480
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09 vendor advisory
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1743738 vendor advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05289840
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3024-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2069.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037029 vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2068.html vendor advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036900 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91453 vdb entry third party advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2072.html vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1743722 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3611 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05204371 permissions required third party advisory patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2807.html vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00025.html vendor advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN89379547/index.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036427 vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2070.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2808.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039606 vdb entry
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1743742 vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2599.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3609 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3614 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/commons-dev/201606.mbox/%3CCAF8HOZ%2BPq2QH8RnxBuJyoK1dOz6jrTiQypAC%2BH8g6oZkBg%2BCxg%40mail.gmail.com%3E mailing list
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349468 issue tracking
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2071.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3027-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-39 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-3092?
CVE-2016-3092 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-3092?
To fix CVE-2016-3092, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-3092 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-3092 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~43% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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