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libcommons-fileupload-java, tomcat6 and 2 more products — security advisory
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.
- Products
- libcommons-fileupload-java, tomcat6, tomcat7, tomcat8
- Affected versions
- 1.3.1-1, 1.3.1-2, 6.0.37-1, 6.0.39-1, 6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1, 7.0.42-1, 7.0.47-1, 7.0.50-1, 7.0.52-1, 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.1, 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.3, 7.0.64-1, 7.0.68-1, 8.0.26-1, 8.0.28-1, 8.0.30-1, 8.0.32-1, 8.0.32-1ubuntu1
- Fixed versions
- 1.3.1-2ubuntu0.1, 6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1+esm1, 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6, 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.1, 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.1
- CVEs
- CVE-2016-3092
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 28 Oct 2026, 10:03 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3092
tomcat7
Fixed versions: 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6
tomcat6
Fixed versions: 6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
libcommons-fileupload-java
Fixed versions: 1.3.1-2ubuntu0.1
tomcat7
Fixed versions: 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.1
tomcat8
Fixed versions: 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.1
Complete source record
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