Serialized-object interfaces in certain Cisco Collaboration and Social Media; Endpoint Clients and Client Software; Network Application, Service, and Acceleration; Network and Content Security Devices; Network Management and Provisioning; Routing and Switching - Enterprise and Service Provider; Unified Computing; Voice and Unified Communications Devices; Video, Streaming, TelePresence, and Transcoding Devices; Wireless; and Cisco Hosted Services products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the Apache Commons Collections (ACC) library.
CVE-2015-6420 - High Severity Vulnerability
Vulnerable Library - commons-collections-3.2.jar
Types that extend and augment the Java Collections Framework.
Library home page: http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/collections/
Path to dependency file: /tmp/ws-scm/robotframework-seleniumlibrary-java/pom.xml
Path to vulnerable library: /root/.m2/repository/commons-collections/commons-collections/3.2/commons-collections-3.2.jar
Dependency Hierarchy: - javalib-core-1.2.1.jar (Root Library) - :x: **commons-collections-3.2.jar** (Vulnerable Library)
Found in HEAD commit: f8ae4f5c1a10993085551488fc1ef8ce2222b7fb
Vulnerability Details
Serialized-object interfaces in certain Cisco Collaboration and Social Media; Endpoint Clients and Client Software; Network Application, Service, and Acceleration; Network and Content Security Devices; Network Management and Provisioning; Routing and Switching - Enterprise and Service Provider; Unified Computing; Voice and Unified Communications Devices; Video, Streaming, TelePresence, and Transcoding Devices; Wireless; and Cisco Hosted Services products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the Apache Commons Collections (ACC) library.
Publish Date: 2015-12-15
URL: CVE-2015-6420
CVSS 2 Score Details (7.5)
Base Score Metrics not available
Suggested Fix
Type: Upgrade version
Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6420
Release Date: 2015-12-15
Fix Resolution: org.apache.commons:commons-collections4:4.1
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