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libcommons-fileupload-java, tomcat10 and 1 more products — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2023-24998

Apache Commons FileUpload before 1.5 does not limit the number of request parts to be processed resulting in the possibility of an attacker triggering a DoS with a malicious upload or series of uploads. Note that, like all of the file upload limits, the new configuration option (FileUploadBase#setFileCountMax) is not enabled by default and must be explicitly configured.

Products
libcommons-fileupload-java, tomcat10, tomcat9
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.4-2, 10.1.5-1, 9.0.70-2
CVEs
CVE-2023-24998
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 15:35 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-24998

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Feb 2023, 16:15 UTC

Apache Commons FileUpload before 1.5 does not limit the number of request parts to be processed resulting in the possibility of an attacker triggering a DoS with a malicious upload or series of uploads. Note that, like all of the file upload limits, the new configuration option (FileUploadBase#setFileCountMax) is not enabled by default and must be explicitly configured.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-24998

libcommons-fileupload-java

Fixed versions: 1.4-2

libcommons-fileupload-java

Fixed versions: 1.4-2

libcommons-fileupload-java

Fixed versions: 1.4-2

tomcat10

Fixed versions: 10.1.5-1

tomcat10

Fixed versions: 10.1.5-1

tomcat10

Fixed versions: 10.1.5-1

tomcat9

Fixed versions: 9.0.70-2

tomcat9

Fixed versions: 9.0.70-2

tomcat9

Fixed versions: 9.0.70-2

Complete source record
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