Unscored severity · published Jan 19, 2014
CVE-2013-2185
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,…
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CVSS
7.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.2% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TO
Tomcat · Apache
through 7.0.39 · source: NVD
JE
Jboss Enterprise Application Platform · Redhat
6.1.0 · source: NVD
JE
Jboss Enterprise Portal Platform · Redhat
6.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2185
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2185
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/12
Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1193.html
Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1194.html
Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1265.html
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/05/4
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