CentOS Update for jakarta-commons-collections CESA-2015:2521 centos6

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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

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  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-12-03 06:32:59 +0100 (Thu, 03 Dec 2015)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-7501");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-07-15 03:15:00 +0000 (Wed, 15 Jul 2020)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_name("CentOS Update for jakarta-commons-collections CESA-2015:2521 centos6");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2045023");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Check the version of jakarta-commons-collections");
  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The Jakarta/Apache Commons Collections
library provides new interfaces, implementations, and utilities to extend the
features of the Java Collections Framework.

It was found that the Apache commons-collections library permitted code
execution when deserializing objects involving a specially constructed
chain of classes. A remote attacker could use this flaw to execute
arbitrary code with the permissions of the application using the
commons-collections library. (CVE-2015-7501)

With this update, deserialization of certain classes in the
commons-collections library is no longer allowed. Applications that require
those classes to be deserialized can use the system property
'org.apache.commons.collections.enableUnsafeSerialization' to re-enable
their deserialization.

Further information about this security flaw may be found at the linked references.

All users of jakarta-commons-collections are advised to upgrade to these
updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
All running applications using the commons-collections library must be
restarted for the update to take effect.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to the linked KB article.

5. Bugs fixed:

1279330 - CVE-2015-7501 apache-commons-collections: InvokerTransformer code execution during deserialisation

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):

Source:
jakarta-commons-collections-3.2.1-3.5.el6_7.src.rpm

noarch:
jakarta-commons-collections-3.2.1-3.5.el6_7.noarch.rpm
jakarta-commons-collections-javadoc-3.2.1-3.5.el6_7.noarch.rpm
jakarta-commons-collections-testframework-3.2.1-3.5.el6_7.noarch.rpm
jakarta-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc-3.2.1-3.5.el6_7.noarch.rpm
jakarta-commons-collections-tomcat5-3.2.1-3.5.el6_7.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):

Source:
jakarta-commons-collections-3.2.1-3.5.el6_7.src.rpm

noarch:
jakarta-commons-collections-3.2.1-3.5.el6_7.noarch.rpm
jakarta-commons-collections-javadoc-3.2.1-3.5.el6_7.noarch.rpm
jakarta-commons-collections-testframework-3.2.1-3.5.el6_7.noarch.rpm
jakarta-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc-3.2.1-3.5.el6_7.noarch.rpm
jakarta-commons-collections-tomcat5-3.2.1-3.5. ...

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  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
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  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2015-December/021512.html");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
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include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS6")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"jakarta-commons-collections", rpm:"jakarta-commons-collections~3.2.1~3.5.el6_7", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"jakarta-commons-collections-javadoc", rpm:"jakarta-commons-collections-javadoc~3.2.1~3.5.el6_7", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"jakarta-commons-collections-testframework", rpm:"jakarta-commons-collections-testframework~3.2.1~3.5.el6_7", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"jakarta-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc", rpm:"jakarta-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc~3.2.1~3.5.el6_7", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"jakarta-commons-collections-tomcat5", rpm:"jakarta-commons-collections-tomcat5~3.2.1~3.5.el6_7", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}