Bug 1218213 (CVE-2023-50164)

Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2023-50164: struts: File upload component had a directory traversal vulnerability
Product:	[Novell Products] SUSE Security Incidents	Reporter:	SMASH SMASH <smash_bz>
Component:	Incidents	Assignee:	Security Team bot <security-team>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:	Security Team bot <security-team>
Severity:	Critical
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	abergmann
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/387297/
Whiteboard:
Found By:	Security Response Team	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---

Description SMASH SMASH 2023-12-19 13:40:59 UTC

An attacker can manipulate file upload params to enable paths traversal and under some circumstances this can lead to uploading a malicious file which can be used to perform Remote Code Execution.
Users are recommended to upgrade to versions Struts 2.5.33 or Struts 6.3.0.2 or greater to fix this issue.


References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2023-50164

Comment 1 Alexander Bergmann 2023-12-19 13:42:50 UTC

Only affects higher versions of Struts.

SUSE:SLE-15-SP3:Update:Products:Manager42:Update  struts-1.2.9
SUSE:SLE-15-SP4:Update:Products:Manager43:Update  struts-1.2.9


Closing as invalid.