Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Commons affects IBM Worklight and IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation (CVE-2015-7450)

Summary

An Apache Commons Collections vulnerability for handling Java object deserialization was addressed by IBM Worklight and IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation.

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 Worklight Consumer Edition Versions 6.0.0.0, 6.0.0.1 and 6.0.0.2
• IBM Worklight Enterprise Edition Versions 6.0.0.0, 6.0.0.1 and 6.0.0.2
• IBM Worklight Consumer Edition Versions 6.1.0.0, 6.1.0.1 and 6.1.0.2
• IBM Worklight Enterprise Edition Versions 6.1.0.0, 6.1.0.1 and 6.1.0.2
• IBM Mobile Foundation Consumer Edition Version 6.2.0.0 and 6.2.0.1
• IBM Mobile Foundation Enterprise Edition Version 6.2.0.0 and 6.2.0.1
• IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Version 6.3.0.0
• IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Version 7.0.0.0
• IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Version 7.1.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF|APAR|Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
IBM Worklight| 6.x|

PI53527| Download the latest iFix for IBM Worklight Enterprise Edition on FixCentral

Download the latest iFix for IBM Worklight Consumer Edition on FixCentral
IBM Mobile Foundation| 6.x| Download the latest iFix for IBM Mobile Foundation Enterprise Edition on FixCentral

Download the latest iFix for IBM Mobile Foundation Consumer Edition on FixCentral
IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation| 6.x and 7.x| Download the latest iFix for IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation on FixCentral

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