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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Commons affects WebSphere Message Broker and IBM Integration Bus (CVE-2015-7450)

Created by Veena Ramachandran on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/273819
273819

Security Bulletin


Summary

An Apache Commons Collections vulnerability for handling Java object deserialization was addressed in the Global Cache component of WebSphere Message Broker and IBM Integration Bus

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

IBM Integration Bus V9 , V10

WebSphere Message Broker V8

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFAPARRemediation/Fix
IBM Integration Bus


V10.0.0.2 and higher

IT12315 An interim fix is available from IBM Fix Central.
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~WebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/Integration+Bus&release=All&platform=All&function=aparId&apars= IT12315

The APAR is targeted to be available in fix pack 10.0.0.4
IBM Integration Bus


V10.0.0.1 and lower

IT12306 An interim fix is available from IBM Fix Central.
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~WebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/Integration+Bus&release=All&platform=All&function=aparId&apars= IT12306
IBM Integration Bus


V9

IT12306 An interim fix is available from IBM Fix Central.
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~WebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/Integration+Bus&release=All&platform=All&function=aparId&apars= IT12306

The APAR is targeted to be available in fix pack 9.0.0.5
WebSphere Message Broker

V8
IT12306 An interim fix is available from IBM Fix Central.
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~WebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/WebSphere+Message+Broker&release=All&platform=All&function=aparId&apars=IT12306
The APAR is targeted to be available in fix pack 8.0.0.7

For unsupported versions of the product, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.

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.


The planned maintenance release dates for WebSphere Message Broker and IBM Integration Bus are available at :
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27006308

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

10-Dec-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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Product Synonym

WMB IIB

Document Information

Modified date:
23 March 2020

UID

swg21972391