CVE-2015-7501 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache commons collections
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands via crafted serialized Java objects in Red Hat JBoss products using Apache Commons Collections.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-7501?
CVE-2015-7501 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 9 Nov 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.x; BPM Suite (BPMS) 6.x; BRMS 6.x and 5.x; Data Grid (JDG) 6.x; Data Virtualization (JDV) 6.x and 5.x; Enterprise Application Platform 6.x, 5.x, and 4.3.x; Fuse 6.x; Fuse Service Works (FSW) 6.x; Operations Network (JBoss ON) 3.x; Portal 6.x; SOA Platform (SOA-P) 5.x; Web Server (JWS) 3.x; Red Hat OpenShift/xPAAS 3.x; and Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the Apache Commons Collections (ACC) library.
Weakness: CWE-502
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7501?
10 open source packages ship an affected version, including commons-collections:commons-collections, net.sourceforge.collections:collections-generic and org.apache.commons:commons-collections4. It affects 15 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
commons-collections:commons-collections Maven | All versions | 3.2.2 |
commons-collections:commons-collections Maven | All versions | 3.2.2 |
net.sourceforge.collections:collections-generic Maven | All versions | None |
net.sourceforge.collections:collections-generic Maven | All versions | None |
org.apache.commons:commons-collections4 Maven | All versions | 4.1 |
org.apache.commons:commons-collections4 Maven | All versions | 4.1 |
4 more packages
org.apache.servicemix.bundles:org.apache.servicemix.bundles.collections-generic Maven | From 4.01 | None |
org.apache.servicemix.bundles:org.apache.servicemix.bundles.collections-generic Maven | From 4.01 | None |
org.apache.servicemix.bundles:org.apache.servicemix.bundles.commons-collections Maven | From 3.2.1 | None |
org.apache.servicemix.bundles:org.apache.servicemix.bundles.commons-collections Maven | From 3.2.1 | None |
Linux distribution packages (30)
jakarta-commons-collections Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:3.2-2jpp.4 |
jakarta-commons-collections-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:3.2-2jpp.4 |
jakarta-commons-collections-tomcat5 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:3.2-2jpp.4 |
jakarta-commons-collections Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:3.2-2jpp.4 |
jakarta-commons-collections-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:3.2-2jpp.4 |
jakarta-commons-collections-javadoc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:3.2-2jpp.4 |
jakarta-commons-collections-testframework Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:3.2-2jpp.4 |
jakarta-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:3.2-2jpp.4 |
jakarta-commons-collections Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:3.2-2jpp.4 |
jakarta-commons-collections-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:3.2-2jpp.4 |
jakarta-commons-collections-javadoc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:3.2-2jpp.4 |
jakarta-commons-collections-testframework Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:3.2-2jpp.4 |
jakarta-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:3.2-2jpp.4 |
jakarta-commons-collections-tomcat5 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:3.2-2jpp.4 |
jakarta-commons-collections Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.2.1-3.5.el6_7 |
jakarta-commons-collections-javadoc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.2.1-3.5.el6_7 |
jakarta-commons-collections-testframework Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.2.1-3.5.el6_7 |
jakarta-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.2.1-3.5.el6_7 |
jakarta-commons-collections-tomcat5 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.2.1-3.5.el6_7 |
jakarta-commons-collections Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:3.2.1-3.5.el6_7 |
jakarta-commons-collections-javadoc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:3.2.1-3.5.el6_7 |
jakarta-commons-collections-testframework Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:3.2.1-3.5.el6_7 |
jakarta-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:3.2.1-3.5.el6_7 |
jakarta-commons-collections-tomcat5 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:3.2.1-3.5.el6_7 |
jakarta-commons-collections Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:3.2.1-3.5.el6_7 |
jakarta-commons-collections-javadoc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:3.2.1-3.5.el6_7 |
jakarta-commons-collections-testframework Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:3.2.1-3.5.el6_7 |
jakarta-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:3.2.1-3.5.el6_7 |
jakarta-commons-collections-tomcat5 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:3.2.1-3.5.el6_7 |
jakarta-commons-collections Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:3.2.1-3.5.el6_7 |
Products include Redhat Data Grid, Redhat Jboss A-Mq, Redhat Jboss Bpm Suite, Redhat Jboss Data Virtualization, Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, Redhat Jboss Enterprise Brms Platform and 9 more.
How do I fix CVE-2015-7501?
Upgrade commons-collections:commons-collections to 3.2.2 or later.
Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.
Is CVE-2015-7501 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2015-7501 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
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Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7501, GHSA-fjq5-5j5f-mvxh, MGASA-2016-0012, RHSA-2015:2500, RHSA-2015:2521, RHSA-2015:2522 and 7 more.