Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Commons affects IBM Standards Processing Engine (CVE-2015-7450)

Summary

An Apache Commons Collections vulnerability for handling Java object deserialization was addressed by IBM Standards Processing Engine.

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 Standards Processing Engine for Supply Chain EDI v.2.0.0.0/8.5.0.0 and v.2.0.1.1/8.5.1.1
IBM Standards Processing Engine for Healthcare Payer v.2.0.0.0/8.5.0.0 and v.2.0.1.1/8.5.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

Fix for all affected versions is to download and install the interim fix 8.5.1.1-OtherSoftware-SPE-All-if0001 from IBM Fix Central.

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

No workarounds or mitigations are available.

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