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SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : apache-commons-fileupload (SUSE-SU-2025:02159-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 240893

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02159-1 advisory.

 Upgrade to upstream version 1.6.0

 - CVE-2025-48976: Fixed allocation of resources for multipart headers with insufficient limits can lead to a DoS (bsc#1244657).

 Full changelog:

 https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-fileupload/changes.html#a1.6.0

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

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

Solution

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

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1244657

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2025-June/040534.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48976

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 240893

File Name: suse_SU-2025-02159-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/28/2025

Updated: 6/28/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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-2025-48976

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 v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache-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: 6/27/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-48976

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:02159-1