VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-2185

HIGH 7.5EPSS 7.20%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The readObject method in the DiskFileItem class in Apache Tomcat and JBoss Web, as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.1.0 and Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.0.0, allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a NULL byte in a file name in a serialized instance, a similar issue to CVE-2013-2186. NOTE: this issue is reportedly disputed by the Apache Tomcat team, although Red Hat considers it a vulnerability. The dispute appears to regard whether it is the responsibility of applications to avoid providing untrusted data to be deserialized, or whether this class should inherently protect against this issue

CVSS 2.0: 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS: 7.20% probability · 94th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-20
Affected: apache/tomcat · redhat/jboss enterprise application platform · redhat/jboss enterprise portal platform
Source: secalert@redhat.com

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/12
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1193.htmlVendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1194.htmlVendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1265.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/05/4
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/12
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1193.htmlVendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1194.htmlVendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1265.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/05/4

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.