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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Commons affects Rational Developer for i, Rational Developer for AIX and Linux and Rational Developer for Power Systems Software (CVE-2015-7450)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/273023
273023

Security Bulletin


Summary

An Apache Commons Collections vulnerability for handling Java object deserialization was addressed by Rational Developer for i, Rational Developer for AIX and Linux and Rational Developer for Power Systems Software.

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

Product Name

Versions Affected
Rational Developer for Power Systems Software8.0, 8.0.0.1, 8.0.0.2, 8.0.0.3, 8.0.3, 8.0.3.1, 8.5, 8.5.1
Rational Developer for i9.0, 9.0.0.1, 9.0.1, 9.1, 9.1.1, 9.1.1.1, 9.5, 9.5.0.1
Rational Developer for AIX and Linux, AIX COBOL Edition9.0, 9.0.0.1, 9.0.1, 9.1, 9.1.1, 9.1.1.2
Rational Developer for AIX and Linux, C/C++ Edition9.0, 9.0.0.1, 9.0.1, 9.1, 9.1.1, 9.1.1.2

Remediation/Fixes

Update the tools relying on batik in the product to address this vulnerability:

ProductVRMFRemediation/First Fix
Apply the fix from the corresponding version of Rational Application Developer to your affected product version.8.0.x, 8.5.x, 9.0.x, 9.1.x and 9.5.x

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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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.

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Internal Use Only

PSIRT 4202, RDi:65720 RDAL:65584

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Document Information

Modified date:
02 August 2018

UID

swg21971814

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