Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Commons affects IBM i (CVE-2015-7450)

2019-12-1814:26:38

www.ibm.com

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

10 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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Summary

An Apache Commons Collections vulnerability for handling Java object deserialization was addressed by IBM i.

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

Releases 6.1, 7.1 and 7.2 of IBM i are affected.

Remediation/Fixes

An Apache Commons Collections vulnerability for handling Java object deserialization was addressed by WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition. This vulnerability does not affect the IBM HTTP Server or versions of WebSphere Application Server prior to Version 7.0. Please see the following for fixes:

IBM has provided an Interim Fix for each of the following WebSphere Application Server releases: 7.0, 8.0 and 8.5. The fix will be included in the following
Fix Packs: 7.0.0.41, 8.0.0.12 and 8.5.5.8. Please see details in the following URL:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21970575

In addition, the integrated application server can be fixed by applying a PTF to IBM i.

http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

Releases 6.1, 7.1 and 7.2 of IBM i are supported and will be fixed.

Release 6.1 – SI58494 Release 7.1 – SI58495 Release 7.2 – SI58496

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.

_Important note: _IBM recommends that all users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to supported and fixed version of affected products.