ubuntu-security-announce Digest, Vol 110, Issue 9

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Today's Topics:

1. [USN-2029-1] Apache Commons FileUpload vulnerability
(Marc Deslauriers)


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Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 10:28:45 -0500
From: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-2029-1] Apache Commons FileUpload vulnerability
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2029-1
November 13, 2013

libcommons-fileupload-java vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Apache Commons FileUpload could be made to overwrite files.

Software Description:
- libcommons-fileupload-java: File upload capability for servlets and web
applications

Details:

It was discovered that Apache Commons FileUpload incorrectly handled file
names with NULL bytes in serialized instances. An attacker could use this
issue to possibly write to arbitrary files.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libcommons-fileupload-java 1.2.1-3ubuntu2.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2029-1
CVE-2013-2186

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libcommons-fileupload-java/1.2.1-3ubuntu2.1


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