IBM Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Commons FileUpload affects IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository (CVE-2016-1000031) - United States  SECURITY BULLETIN

SUMMARY
 Vulnerability in Apache Commons FileUpload affects IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository (CVE-2016-1000031) 

VULNERABILITY DETAILS
CVEID: CVE-2016-1000031 [http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1000031]
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons FileUpload, as used in certain products, could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by deserialization of untrusted data in DiskFileItem class of the FileUpload library. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/117957 [https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/117957] for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) 

AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND VERSIONS
WebSphere Service Registry and Repository V8.5
WebSphere Service Registry and Repository V8.0

For unsupported versions IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product

REMEDIATION/FIXES
To remediate CVE-2016-1000031 you need to apply fixes for both IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository.

For WebSphere Application Server updates refer to this bulletin:
Security Bulletin: Security vulnerability in Apache Commons FileUpload used by WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2016-1000031) [http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22011428]

For WebSphere Service Registry and Repository, this vulnerability has been fixed under APAR IJ01131. Fixes containing IJ01131 have been published and are available from Fix Central.

For WSRR V8.5 

 * Apply V8.5.6.1_IJ01131 [https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FWebSphere+Service+Registry+and+Repository&fixids=8.5.6.1-WS-WSRR-MultiOS-IFIJ01131]
   

For WSRR V8.0  * Apply [http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=ibm%7EWebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/WebSphere+Service+Registry+and+Repository&function=fixId&fixids=8.0.0.3-WS-WSRR-MultiOS-IFIV65487_IV79085]V8.0.0.3_IV65487_IV79085_IV87422_IV87429_IV89477_IJ01131 [https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FWebSphere+Service+Registry+and+Repository&fixids=8.0.0.3-WS-WSRR-MultiOS-IFIV65487_IV79085_IV87422_IV87429_IV89477_IJ01131]

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REFERENCES
Complete CVSS v3 Guide [http://www.first.org/cvss/user-guide] 
On-line Calculator v3 [http://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0] 

RELATED INFORMATION
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal [http://www.ibm.com/security/secure-engineering/bulletins.html] 
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog [http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt] 

CHANGE HISTORY
 04 January 2018: Original version published 

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin. 

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Answer: CVEID: CVE-2016-1000031 [http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1000031]
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons FileUpload, as used in certain products, could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by deserialization of untrusted data in DiskFileItem class of the FileUpload library. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/117957 [https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/117957] for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)