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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Commons affects IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository (CVE-2015-7450)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Vulnerability in Apache Commons affects IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository (CVE-2015-7450)

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


WebSphere Service Registry and Repository V8.5
WebSphere Service Registry and Repository V8.0
WebSphere Service Registry and Repository V7.5
WebSphere Service Registry and Repository V7.0

For unsupported versions IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product

Remediation/Fixes

To remediate this vulnerability you need to apply fixes for both IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository.

For WebSphere Application Server updates refer to this bulletin:
Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Commons affects IBM WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2015-7450)

For WebSphere Service Registry and Repository the vulnerability has been fixed under APAR IV79085.

IFixes containing IV79085 have been published and are available from Fix Central.

For WSRR V8.5

For WSRR V8.0 For WSRR V7.5 For WSRR V7.0 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.

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Important Note

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

30 November 2015: Original version published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

swg21971580

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