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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Commons affects WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance (CVE-2015-7450)

Security Bulletin


Summary

An Apache Commons Collections vulnerability for handling Java object deserialization was addressed by WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance.

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 DataPower XC10 Appliance versions 2.1 and 2.5 at all firmware levels.

Remediation/Fixes

Apply an interim fix, according to the table below. Interim fixes are associated with the original APAR that is documented in the table. Because these APAR references might be updated to more recent APARs, see the links in the table for the most recent interim fix information.


ProductVersionAPARLink to interim fix
WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance V2.1 on appliance 9235-92X2.1.0IT12206http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~WebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/WebSphere+DataPower+XC10+Appliance&release=2.1.0.3&platform=All&function=all
WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance V2.1 on appliance 7199-92X2.1.0IT12206http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~WebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/WebSphere+DataPower+XC10+Appliance&release=2.1.0.3&platform=All&function=all
WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance V2.5 on appliance 7199-92X
Version 2.5.0 with SSD drivers
Important: See More Information link and follow instructions to determine if you have an old or newer SSD driver on your appliance using the show ssd-version command.		IT12206http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~WebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/WebSphere+DataPower+XC10+Appliance&release=2.5.0.4&platform=All&function=all
WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance V2.5 virtual image2.5.0IT12206http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~WebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/WebSphere+DataPower+XC10+Appliance&release=2.5.0.4&platform=All&function=all

Workarounds and Mitigations

There is no workaround. The interim fix must be applied to correct the problem.

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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

23 Nov 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

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

swg21971290

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