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Security Bulletin: IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager is vulnerable to Deserialization of Unstrusted Data due to Apache Commons Collections (CVE-2015-6420)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Apache Commons Collections is shipped with IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager as part of its backend process to enhance Java operations. Information about a security vulnerability affecting Apache Commons Collections has been published in a security bulletin.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2015-6420
DESCRIPTION:   Serialized-object interfaces in certain Cisco Collaboration and Social Media; Endpoint Clients and Client Software; Network Application, Service, and Acceleration; Network and Content Security Devices; Network Management and Provisioning; Routing and Switching - Enterprise and Service Provider; Unified Computing; Voice and Unified Communications Devices; Video, Streaming, TelePresence, and Transcoding Devices; Wireless; and Cisco Hosted Services products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the Apache Commons Collections (ACC) library.
CWE:   CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data
CVSS Source:   NVD
CVSS Base score:   7.5
CVSS Vector:   (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager6.2.0.0-6.2.0.6

Remediation/Fixes


ProductVRMFRemediation
IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager 6.2.0.0 - 6.2.0.66.2.0.6 IF6Upgrade to IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager 6.2.0.6, then download and apply the iFix 6.2.0.6-TIV-BSM-IF0006.zip from fixcentral

Instructions to apply the iFix have been provided within the README.txt file. For quick reference:

1. Stop the TBSM Dashboard server.

2. Backup the existing commons-collections-2.x.x.jar located under <JazzSM_HOME>/opt/IBM/JazzSM/profile/installedApps/JazzSMNode01Cell/isc.ear/sla.war/WEB-INF/lib/

3. Delete the commons-collections-2.x.x.jar from the above directory. Unzip the iFix.zip file, and place the commons-collections-3.x.x.jar in the same directory.

4. Start the TBSM Dashboard server.

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

03 Nov 2025: Initial Publication

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
03 November 2025

UID

ibm17249676