Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Commons affects IBM System Networking Switch Center (CVE-2015-7450)

Summary

An Apache Commons Collections vulnerability for handling Java object deserialization was addressed by IBM System Networking Switch Center.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

An Apache Commons Collections vulnerability for handling Java object deserialization was addressed by IBM System Networking Switch Center.

Vulnerability Details:

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7450

Description: Apache Commons Collections could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the deserialization of data with Java InvokerTransformer class. By sending specially crafted data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary Java code on the system.

CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107918&gt; for 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

All versions of IBM System Networking Switch Center prior to 7.3.2.0.

Remediation/Fixes:

IBM System Networking Switch Center 7.3.2.0.

The install package can be found on IBM’s Passport Advantage website:

<http://www-01.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage/&gt;

IBM recommends that you review your entire environment to identify vulnerable releases of the open-source Apache Commons Collections and take appropriate mitigation and remediation actions.

Workarounds and Mitigations:

None.

References:

• Complete CVSS v3 Guide
• On-line Calculator v3

Related Information:
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
22 February 2016: 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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