SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : jakarta-commons-fileupload (SUSE-SU-2023:0730-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 172567

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0730-1 advisory.

- CVE-2016-3092: Fixed a usage of vulnerable FileUpload package can result in denial of service (bsc#986359).
- CVE-2023-24998: Fixed a FileUpload deny of service with excessive parts (bsc#1208513).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected jakarta-commons-fileupload and / or jakarta-commons-fileupload-javadoc packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 172567

File Name: suse_SU-2023-0730-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/15/2023

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, tenable_cloud_security, tenable_self_hosted_container_security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-3092

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-24998

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:jakarta-commons-fileupload, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3092, CVE-2023-24998

IAVA: 2017-A-0224-S, 2017-A-0225-S, 2017-A-0303-S, 2018-A-0117-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:0730-1

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