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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2015.2985
           Vulnerability in Apache Commons affects IBM WebSphere
                      Service Registry and Repository
                              1 December 2015

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
Publisher:         IBM
Operating System:  AIX
                   HP-UX
                   Linux variants
                   Solaris
                   Windows
                   z/OS
Impact/Access:     Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2015-7450  

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21971580

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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Commons affects IBM WebSphere 
Service Registry and Repository (CVE-2015-7450)

Security Bulletin

Document information

More support for:

WebSphere Service Registry and Repository

Security

Software version:

7.0, 7.0.0.1, 7.0.0.2, 7.0.0.3, 7.0.0.4, 7.0.0.5, 7.5, 7.5.0.1, 7.5.0.2, 
7.5.0.3, 7.5.0.4, 8.0, 8.0.0.1, 8.0.0.2, 8.0.0.3, 8.5, 8.5.0.1, 8.5.5.0, 
8.5.6.0

Operating system(s):

AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS

Software edition:

All Editions

Reference #:

1971580

Modified date:

2015-11-30

Summary

Vulnerability in Apache Commons affects IBM WebSphere Service Registry and 
Repository (CVE-2015-7450)

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 Service Registry and Repository V8.5

WebSphere Service Registry and Repository V8.0

WebSphere Service Registry and Repository V7.5

WebSphere Service Registry and Repository V7.0

For unsupported versions IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported 
version of the product

Remediation/Fixes

To remediate this vulnerability you need to apply fixes for both IBM WebSphere
Application Server and IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository.

For WebSphere Application Server updates refer to this bulletin:

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Commons affects IBM WebSphere 
Application Server (CVE-2015-7450)

For WebSphere Service Registry and Repository the vulnerability has been fixed
under APAR IV79085.

IFixes containing IV79085 have been published and are available from Fix 
Central.

For WSRR V8.5

Apply V8.5.6.0_IV79085:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=ibm%7EWebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/WebSphere+Service+Registry+and+Repository&function=fixId&fixids=8.5.6.0-WS-WSRR-MultiOS-IFIV79085

For WSRR V8.0

Apply V8.0.0.3_IV65487_IV79085

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=ibm%7EWebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/WebSphere+Service+Registry+and+Repository&function=fixId&fixids=8.0.0.3-WS-WSRR-MultiOS-IFIV65487_IV79085

For WSRR V7.5

Apply V7.5.0.4_IV60346_IV79085

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=ibm%7EWebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/WebSphere+Service+Registry+and+Repository&function=fixId&fixids=7.5.0.4-WS-WSRR-MultiOS-IFIV60346_IV79085

For WSRR V7.0

Apply V7.0.0.5_IV60346_IV79085

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=ibm%7EWebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/WebSphere+Service+Registry+and+Repository&function=fixId&fixids=7.0.0.5-WS-WSRR-MultiOS-IFIV60346_IV79085

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.

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide

On-line Calculator v3

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.

Disclaimer

According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), the 
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard 
designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and 
priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY 
OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS 
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT 
OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.

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