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title: "CVE-2013-4444\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-4444

Publication date 12 September 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.40,
in certain situations involving outdated java.io.File code and a custom JMX
configuration, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by
uploading and accessing a JSP file.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4444?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tomcat7 | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

per upstream, 7.0.0 to 7.0.39

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

This is the same issue as CVE-2013-2185 issued by Red Hat

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4444)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4444)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-4444)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4444)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4444>