CVE-2013-2185

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-2185
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-01-19 18:02:57 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.052860000 probability, percentile 0.900510000 (date 2026-05-03)

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Tomcat All All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 6.1.0 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Portal Platform 6.0.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE-2013-2185 / Tomcat af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: Duplicate Request: CVE-2013-4444 as a duplicate of CVE-2013-2185 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1265.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
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