Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Commons affects IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software (CVE-2015-7450)

Summary

An Apache Commons Collections vulnerability for handling Java object deserialization was addressed by IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere 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

IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software 9.5 and earlier
IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software Standard Edition 8.0

Remediation/Fixes

Update Apache Commons Collections in the product to address this vulnerability:

• For all versions, apply Update to Apache Commons Collections for CVE-2015-7450
• For the WebSphere Application Server 7.0 Test Environment, apply WebSphere Application Server 7.0 Test Environment Extension Fix Pack 39 (7.0.0.39)
• For WebSphere Application Server versions 8.0 and 8.5, see Security Bulletin: Vulnebrability in Apache Commons affects IBM WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2015-7450)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None