CVE-2015-7501 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data in...

CRITICAL

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache commons collections

Published May 13, 2022Updated February 17, 2024Source: osv

Summary

It was found that the Apache commons-collections library permitted code execution when deserializing objects involving a specially constructed chain of classes. A remote attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the application using the commons-collections library.

Advisory Timeline

First published May 13, 2022 (1613 days ago).
Last revised February 17, 2024 — 645 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Maven

Update commons-collections:commons-collections to 3.2.2 or later

<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 3.2.2 for commons-collections:commons-collections -->

Maven

Update org.apache.commons:commons-collections4 to 4.1 or later

<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 4.1 for org.apache.commons:commons-collections4 -->

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (5)

Affects 1 ecosystem: maven (5).

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
commons-collections:commons-collections	maven	1.0, 2.0, 2.0.20020914.015953, 2.0.20020914.020746 (+8 more)	3.2.2
net.sourceforge.collections:collections-generic	maven	4.01	No fix available
org.apache.commons:commons-collections4	maven	4.0	4.1
org.apache.servicemix.bundles:org.apache.servicemix.bundles.collections-generic	maven	4.01_1	Range-based data available
org.apache.servicemix.bundles:org.apache.servicemix.bundles.commons-collections	maven	3.2.1_1, 3.2.1_2, 3.2.1_3	Range-based data available

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CWE-502
Deserialization of Untrusted DataMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2015-7501?: Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache commons collections This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2015-7501?: CVE-2015-7501 affects commons-collections:commons-collections, net.sourceforge.collections:collections-generic and org.apache.commons:commons-collections4 (and 2 more). Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2015-7501 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-fjq5-5j5f-mvxh

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