QID 354924

Date Published: 2023-05-08

QID 354924: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for tomcat7 : ALAS-2023-1738

Tomcat: memory leak (cve-2022-4132) 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. (
( CVE-2023-24998)



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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a securitybreach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
  • Solution
    Please refer to Amazon advisory: ALAS-2023-1738 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.
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    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    ALAS-2023-1738 amazon linux URL Logo alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1738.html