Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Commons affects Rational Developer for i, Rational Developer for AIX and Linux and Rational Developer for Power Systems Software (CVE-2015-7450)

Summary

An Apache Commons Collections vulnerability for handling Java object deserialization was addressed by Rational Developer for i, Rational Developer for AIX and Linux and Rational Developer for Power Systems Software.

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

Product Name

| Versions Affected
—|—
Rational Developer for Power Systems Software| 8.0, 8.0.0.1, 8.0.0.2, 8.0.0.3, 8.0.3, 8.0.3.1, 8.5, 8.5.1
Rational Developer for i| 9.0, 9.0.0.1, 9.0.1, 9.1, 9.1.1, 9.1.1.1, 9.5, 9.5.0.1
Rational Developer for AIX and Linux, AIX COBOL Edition| 9.0, 9.0.0.1, 9.0.1, 9.1, 9.1.1, 9.1.1.2
Rational Developer for AIX and Linux, C/C++ Edition| 9.0, 9.0.0.1, 9.0.1, 9.1, 9.1.1, 9.1.1.2

Remediation/Fixes

Update the tools relying on batik in the product to address this vulnerability:

• A fix is available in the RDi 9.5.1.1 Fix Pack.