Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Commons affects IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center (OC) and Client Management Services (CMS) (CVE-2015-7450)

Summary

An Apache Commons Collections vulnerability for handling Java object deserialization was addressed by IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center (IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center) and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client Services (IBM Spectrum Protect Client Management Services)…

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: 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 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107918 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 Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center (Spectrum Protect Operations Center) V6.4 and V7.1

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client Management Services (Spectrum Protect Client Management Services) V7.1

Remediation/Fixes

Release

| First Fixing VRMF Level|Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—
OC 6.4 *| OC 6.4.2.300| ALL Operating Systems
OC 7.1| OC 7.1.4.000| ALL Operating Systems
CMS 7.1| CMS 7.1.4.000| ALL Operating Systems

• If the Operations Center is running on AIX, you must uninstall the Operations Center before you install the iFix. Instructions for uninstalling the Operations Center are available here:
  <http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_6.4.1/com.ibm.itsm.srv.install.doc/t_oc_inst_uninstalling.html?lang=en&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None