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high 7.5

CVE-2016-3092 in the critical feed json

High severity vulnerability that affects commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload

published 2016-07-04 10 y ago modified 2026-10-07 33 d ago also GHSA-fvm3-cfvj-gxqq , EUVD-2018-0809

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
37.2%
EPSS 37.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • maven commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload 1.3.2
  • libcommons-fileupload-java Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3092

  • tomcat7 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6
  • tomcat7 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.1
  • tomcat8 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.1
  • libcommons-fileupload-java Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.3.1-2ubuntu0.1
  • tomcat6 Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3092

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  • tomcat7 jboss enterprise web server 3.1 7.0.70-16.ep7.el7
  • tomcat8 jboss enterprise web server 3.1 8.0.36-17.ep7.el7
  • mod_cluster jboss enterprise web server 3.1 1.3.5-2.Final_redhat_2.1.ep7.el7
  • tomcat7-lib jboss enterprise web server 3.1 7.0.70-16.ep7.el7
  • tomcat8-lib jboss enterprise web server 3.1 8.0.36-17.ep7.el7
  • tomcat-vault jboss enterprise web server 3.1 1.0.8-9.Final_redhat_2.1.ep7.el7
  • tomcat7-jsvc jboss enterprise web server 3.1 7.0.70-16.ep7.el7
  • tomcat8-jsvc jboss enterprise web server 3.1 8.0.36-17.ep7.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:0456RHSA-2017:0455RHSA-2016:2072RHSA-2016:2069RHSA-2016:2068RHSA-2016:2070

  • jakarta-commons-fileupload SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +5 more 1.1.1-122.8.1
  • jakarta-commons-fileupload SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP1-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS +1 more 1.1.1-150000.4.8.1
  • tomcat SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1 8.0.32-8.7
  • tomcat SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12-LTSS 7.0.78-7.13.4

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:0758-1SUSE-SU-2023:0730-1SUSE-SU-2017:1660-1SUSE-SU-2016:2188-1

  • tomcat openSUSE Tumbleweed 8.0.36-3.3
  • tomcat10 openSUSE Tumbleweed 10.1.14-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10446-1openSUSE-SU-2024:13441-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-3092 updated cvss 7.5

tomcat: Usage of vulnerable FileUpload package can result in denial of service

  • Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 3 tomcat8 tomcat8, tomcat7-maven-plugin Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat JBoss Portal 6 jbossweb jbossweb
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-servlet-3.0-api 7.0.69-10.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-lib 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-jsvc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-javadoc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-webapps 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-el-2.2-api 7.0.69-10.el7, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-servlet-3.0-api 7.0.69-10.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-lib 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-jsvc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-javadoc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-webapps 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-el-2.2-api 7.0.69-10.el7, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-lib 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-webapps 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-el-2.2-api 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-jsp-2.2-api 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-admin-webapps 7.0.69-10.el7, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-lib 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-jsvc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-javadoc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-webapps 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-el-2.2-api 7.0.69-10.el7, +3 more
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-lib 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-webapps 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-el-2.2-api 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-jsp-2.2-api 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-admin-webapps 7.0.69-10.el7, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) tomcat-jsvc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-javadoc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-docs-webapp 7.0.69-10.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2599
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2071
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 5 Server hornetq 2.3.25-16.SP14_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, apache-cxf 2.7.18-4.SP3_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, jbossts 4.17.35-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, jbossweb 7.5.19-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, jboss-as-ee 7.5.11-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, jboss-as-cli 7.5.11-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, +64 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2070
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 6 Server hornetq 2.3.25-16.SP14_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, apache-cxf 2.7.18-4.SP3_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, jbossts 4.17.35-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, jbossweb 7.5.19-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, jboss-as-ee 7.5.11-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, jboss-ec2-eap 7.5.11-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el6, +66 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2068
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 7 Server hornetq 2.3.25-16.SP14_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, apache-cxf 2.7.18-4.SP3_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, jbossts 4.17.35-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, jbossweb 7.5.19-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, jboss-as-ee 7.5.11-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, jboss-as-cli 7.5.11-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, +64 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2069
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6 Server tomcat7 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el6, tomcat7-lib 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el6, tomcat7-log4j 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el6, tomcat7-javadoc 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el6, tomcat7-webapps 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el6, tomcat7-el-2.2-api 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el6, +4 more Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 7 Server tomcat7 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el7, tomcat7-lib 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el7, tomcat7-log4j 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el7, tomcat7-javadoc 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el7, tomcat7-webapps 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el7, tomcat7-el-2.2-api 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el7, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2807
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2808
show 4 more
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0457
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 for RHEL 6 tomcat7 7.0.70-16.ep7.el6, tomcat8 8.0.36-17.ep7.el6, tomcat7-lib 7.0.70-16.ep7.el6, tomcat8-lib 8.0.36-17.ep7.el6, tomcat7-jsvc 7.0.70-16.ep7.el6, tomcat8-jsvc 8.0.36-17.ep7.el6, +31 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0455
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 for RHEL 7 tomcat7 7.0.70-16.ep7.el7, tomcat8 8.0.36-17.ep7.el7, tomcat7-lib 7.0.70-16.ep7.el7, tomcat8-lib 8.0.36-17.ep7.el7, tomcat7-jsvc 7.0.70-16.ep7.el7, tomcat8-jsvc 8.0.36-17.ep7.el7, +31 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0456
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 tomcat5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 tomcat6, tomcat6-lib, tomcat6-log4j, tomcat6-javadoc, tomcat6-webapps, tomcat6-el-2.1-api, +4 more Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 tomcat6, tomcat5 tomcat5 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 tomcat6, tomcat6-lib, tomcat6-log4j, tomcat6-javadoc, tomcat6-webapps, tomcat6-el-1.0-api, +5 more
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Software Collections rh-java-common-tomcat-lib, rh-java-common-tomcat-javadoc, rh-java-common-tomcat-el-2.2-api, rh-java-common-tomcat-jsp-2.2-api, rh-java-common-tomcat-servlet-3.0-api
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
17 mo ago

Exploit prediction

37.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
GitHub 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload
<1.3.2
1.3.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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