CVE-2013-2185

Apache Tomcat < 7.0.39 - Arbitrary File Write via DiskFileItem Deserialization

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/05/4
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1193.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1265.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/12
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1194.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0529
EPSS Percentile 90.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (4)
apache/tomcat < 7.0.39
org.apache.tomcat/tomcat 0 - 7.0.39Maven
redhat/jboss_enterprise_application_platform 6.1.0
redhat/jboss_enterprise_portal_platform 6.0.0
Published Jan 19, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026