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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2015.3026
          A security vulnerability has been identified in Apache
           Commons Collections shipped with IBM Cognos Planning
                              7 December 2015

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           IBM Cognos Planning
Publisher:         IBM
Operating System:  Windows
Impact/Access:     Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2015-7450  

Reference:         ASB-2015.0112
                   ASB-2015.0108.2

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21971882

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Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in Apache 
Commons Collections shipped with IBM Cognos Planning (CVE-2015-7450)

Security Bulletin

Document information

More support for:

Cognos Planning

Software version:

10.1, 10.1.1

Operating system(s):

Windows

Reference #:

1971882

Modified date:

2015-12-02

Summary

An Apache Commons Collections vulnerability for handling Java object 
deserialization was addressed by IBM Cognos Business Intelligence which is 
bundled by IBM Cognos Planning

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 Cognos Planning 10.1

IBM Cognos Planning 10.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

Please apply fixes provided by the BI for:

IBM Cognos Planning 10.1 & IBM Cognos Planning 10.1.1

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide

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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.

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Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard 
designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and 
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FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT 
OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.

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