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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.. SUSE Security Update: Security update for jakarta-commons-fileupload ______________________________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________________________ 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 . SUSE Security Update for jakarta-commons-fileupload addresses important fixes for potential vulnerabilities.. SUSE Updates, Jakarta-Commons Fixes, Security Patches. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team
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