IBM Security Bulletin: Apache Commons FileUpload Vulnerabilities in IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition component (CVE-2016-1000031) - United States  SECURITY BULLETIN

SUMMARY
 The DiskFileItem class in Apache Commons Fileupload before version 1.3.3, used in IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition, specifically the Web Gateway component, could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process, causing an undefined behavior. 

VULNERABILITY DETAILS

CVEID:CVE-2016-1000031 [http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1000031]
DESCRIPTION:Apache Commons FileUpload, used in IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition, could allow deserialization of untrusted data in the 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: Seehttps://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
IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition v7.0.0 

IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition v7.0.1 

IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition v7.0.2 

IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition v7.0.3 

IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition v7.0.4

REMEDIATION/FIXES
All affected product versions are already End of Support. Customers must contact IBM to obtain a fix for the affected release.

WORKAROUNDS AND MITIGATIONS
None

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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
 22 Dec 2017 Original Version 

*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, used in IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition, could allow deserialization of untrusted data in the 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: Seehttps://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)