Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Commons affects IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware and IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware (CVE-2015-7450)

Summary

An Apache Commons Collections vulnerability for handling Java object deserialization was addressed by IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware (IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments) and the IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware (IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot).

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&gt; 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

The following products and versions are affected:

• Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware
  - 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.3.x
  - 6.4.0.0 through 6.4.3
  - 6.3.0.0 through 6.3.2.4
• Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware
  - 4.1.0.0 through 4.1.3.x
  - 3.2.0.0 through 3.2.0.5
  - 3.1.0.0 through 3.1.1.2

Remediation/Fixes

Tivoli Storage Manager for VE: Data Protection for VMware Release

| First Fixing VRMF Level|**_

Client_** Platform|Link to Fix / Fix Availability Target
—|—|—|—
7.1| 7.1.4| Linux
Windows| <http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24041094&gt;
6.4| 6.4.3.1| Linux
Windows| <http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24041370&gt;
6.3| 6.3.2.5| Linux
Windows| http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24037601

Tivoli Storage
FlashCopy Manager for VMware Release|_
First Fixing VRMF Level_|_
Client_ Platform|**_

Link to Fix / Fix Availability Target_**
—|—|—|—
4.1| 4.1.4| Linux| <http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24041139&gt;
3.2| 3.2.0.6| Linux| Note that 3.2.0.5 is no longer available for download. You can download 3.2.0.9 to obtain the fix:<ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-flashcopymanager/patches/v3r2/vmware/&gt;
3.1| 3.1.1.3| Linux| Fixes for release 3.1 are no longer available for download as this release is no longer supported. Customers requiring fixes should upgrade to the latest release which contains the most recent security fixes. Contact IBM Support with any questions.

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