Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Commons affects IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 (CVE-2015-7450)

Summary

An Apache Commons Collections vulnerability for handling Java object deserialization was addressed by IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700.

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

All versions of microcode for the IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 (3957-V06, 3957-V07, 3957-VEA, 3957-VEB) prior to release R2.1 are affected. All versions of R3.0 and R3.1 are also affected. In addition, microcode versions of releases R2.1, R3.2, and R3.3 prior to and including the following are also affected:

Release

| Version
—|—
R3.3| 8.33.0.45
R3.2| 8.32.1.8
R2.1| 8.21.0.178

Remediation/Fixes

Contact IBM Service at 1-800-IBM-SERV to arrange an upgrade to the latest microcode level followed by the installation of vtd_exec.202. Minimum microcode levels are shown below:

Release

| Fix
—|—
R3.3| Upgrade to 8.33.0.45 or later + vtd_exec.202
R3.0, R3.1 or R3.2| Upgrade to 8.32.1.8 or later + vtd_exec.202
R2.1| Upgrade to 8.21.0.178 or later + vtd_exec.202
Older Releases| Upgrade to 8.21.0.178 or later + vtd_exec.202

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