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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:2523 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2015-11-30
Updated:
2015-11-30

RHSA-2015:2523 - Security Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

Important: rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

Updated rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections packages which fix one
security issue are now available for Red Hat Software Collections 2.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security
impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the
References section.

Description

The Apache Commons Collections library provides new interfaces,
implementations, and utilities to extend the features of the Java
Collections Framework.

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. (CVE-2015-7501)

With this update, deserialization of certain classes in the
commons-collections library is no longer allowed. Applications that require
those classes to be deserialized can use the system property
"org.apache.commons.collections.enableUnsafeSerialization" to re-enable
their deserialization.

Further information about this security flaw may be found at:
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2045023

All users of rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections are advised to
upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to
correct this issue. All running applications using the commons-collections
library must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.1 x86_64
  • Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 6.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 6.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Workstation) 1 for RHEL 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Workstation) 1 for RHEL 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) from RHUI 1 for RHEL 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) from RHUI 1 for RHEL 6 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1279330 - CVE-2015-7501 apache-commons-collections: InvokerTransformer code execution during deserialisation

CVEs

  • CVE-2015-7501

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2045023
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.7

SRPM
x86_64
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: cf10d1ca218381cf9e2054025674bdf3d9b05a858759eed746393bd263746737
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 52360b08206c172d33db13c7815bc7e31d9ea8b675d57b3d8f49bd4dcffbe921
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: ff2ac31d3f1d18b70589e12c6bd3c3b513f8bef146762e2f6fadfc1970054bc9
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7856b6a62b5b6f23a1f45561fbfe86bf3038a0ce891b49d95e2f0c9547c7b1f5

Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.6

SRPM
x86_64
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: cf10d1ca218381cf9e2054025674bdf3d9b05a858759eed746393bd263746737
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 52360b08206c172d33db13c7815bc7e31d9ea8b675d57b3d8f49bd4dcffbe921
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: ff2ac31d3f1d18b70589e12c6bd3c3b513f8bef146762e2f6fadfc1970054bc9
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7856b6a62b5b6f23a1f45561fbfe86bf3038a0ce891b49d95e2f0c9547c7b1f5

Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.5

SRPM
x86_64
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: cf10d1ca218381cf9e2054025674bdf3d9b05a858759eed746393bd263746737
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 52360b08206c172d33db13c7815bc7e31d9ea8b675d57b3d8f49bd4dcffbe921
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: ff2ac31d3f1d18b70589e12c6bd3c3b513f8bef146762e2f6fadfc1970054bc9
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7856b6a62b5b6f23a1f45561fbfe86bf3038a0ce891b49d95e2f0c9547c7b1f5

Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.4

SRPM
x86_64
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: cf10d1ca218381cf9e2054025674bdf3d9b05a858759eed746393bd263746737
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 52360b08206c172d33db13c7815bc7e31d9ea8b675d57b3d8f49bd4dcffbe921
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: ff2ac31d3f1d18b70589e12c6bd3c3b513f8bef146762e2f6fadfc1970054bc9
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7856b6a62b5b6f23a1f45561fbfe86bf3038a0ce891b49d95e2f0c9547c7b1f5

Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.3

SRPM
x86_64
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: cf10d1ca218381cf9e2054025674bdf3d9b05a858759eed746393bd263746737
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 52360b08206c172d33db13c7815bc7e31d9ea8b675d57b3d8f49bd4dcffbe921
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: ff2ac31d3f1d18b70589e12c6bd3c3b513f8bef146762e2f6fadfc1970054bc9
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7856b6a62b5b6f23a1f45561fbfe86bf3038a0ce891b49d95e2f0c9547c7b1f5

Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.2

SRPM
x86_64
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: cf10d1ca218381cf9e2054025674bdf3d9b05a858759eed746393bd263746737
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 52360b08206c172d33db13c7815bc7e31d9ea8b675d57b3d8f49bd4dcffbe921
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: ff2ac31d3f1d18b70589e12c6bd3c3b513f8bef146762e2f6fadfc1970054bc9
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7856b6a62b5b6f23a1f45561fbfe86bf3038a0ce891b49d95e2f0c9547c7b1f5

Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.1

SRPM
x86_64
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: cf10d1ca218381cf9e2054025674bdf3d9b05a858759eed746393bd263746737
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 52360b08206c172d33db13c7815bc7e31d9ea8b675d57b3d8f49bd4dcffbe921
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: ff2ac31d3f1d18b70589e12c6bd3c3b513f8bef146762e2f6fadfc1970054bc9
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7856b6a62b5b6f23a1f45561fbfe86bf3038a0ce891b49d95e2f0c9547c7b1f5

Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7

SRPM
x86_64
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: cf10d1ca218381cf9e2054025674bdf3d9b05a858759eed746393bd263746737
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 52360b08206c172d33db13c7815bc7e31d9ea8b675d57b3d8f49bd4dcffbe921
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: ff2ac31d3f1d18b70589e12c6bd3c3b513f8bef146762e2f6fadfc1970054bc9
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7856b6a62b5b6f23a1f45561fbfe86bf3038a0ce891b49d95e2f0c9547c7b1f5

Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 6.7

SRPM
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-3.2.1-21.13.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 530062e693544f8a6bd3ec13fcc0aa3c38aa086dd9c37639c02126cbbc1309a5
x86_64
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-3.2.1-21.13.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 94dda51a0d1ca37d3b1e871f6a2df2b709ad57b9760ed7dc0fb25009e09a7d54
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: fded4e6cecd5dd62732d1f645c6856cff8b72e666787ed09879f2ea90b8a34d5
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-3.2.1-21.13.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 16e923182a62d5b18c28e753944ed101692149c0dc650bded5c6aa3d618cd761
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e59810b3cce740667b61468809c071848f58b049f161bd4924bef497277b27f1

Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 6.6

SRPM
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-3.2.1-21.13.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 530062e693544f8a6bd3ec13fcc0aa3c38aa086dd9c37639c02126cbbc1309a5
x86_64
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-3.2.1-21.13.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 94dda51a0d1ca37d3b1e871f6a2df2b709ad57b9760ed7dc0fb25009e09a7d54
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: fded4e6cecd5dd62732d1f645c6856cff8b72e666787ed09879f2ea90b8a34d5
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-3.2.1-21.13.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 16e923182a62d5b18c28e753944ed101692149c0dc650bded5c6aa3d618cd761
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e59810b3cce740667b61468809c071848f58b049f161bd4924bef497277b27f1

Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 6

SRPM
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-3.2.1-21.13.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 530062e693544f8a6bd3ec13fcc0aa3c38aa086dd9c37639c02126cbbc1309a5
x86_64
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-3.2.1-21.13.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 94dda51a0d1ca37d3b1e871f6a2df2b709ad57b9760ed7dc0fb25009e09a7d54
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: fded4e6cecd5dd62732d1f645c6856cff8b72e666787ed09879f2ea90b8a34d5
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-3.2.1-21.13.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 16e923182a62d5b18c28e753944ed101692149c0dc650bded5c6aa3d618cd761
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e59810b3cce740667b61468809c071848f58b049f161bd4924bef497277b27f1

Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Workstation) 1 for RHEL 7

SRPM
x86_64
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: cf10d1ca218381cf9e2054025674bdf3d9b05a858759eed746393bd263746737
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 52360b08206c172d33db13c7815bc7e31d9ea8b675d57b3d8f49bd4dcffbe921
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: ff2ac31d3f1d18b70589e12c6bd3c3b513f8bef146762e2f6fadfc1970054bc9
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7856b6a62b5b6f23a1f45561fbfe86bf3038a0ce891b49d95e2f0c9547c7b1f5

Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Workstation) 1 for RHEL 6

SRPM
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-3.2.1-21.13.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 530062e693544f8a6bd3ec13fcc0aa3c38aa086dd9c37639c02126cbbc1309a5
x86_64
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-3.2.1-21.13.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 94dda51a0d1ca37d3b1e871f6a2df2b709ad57b9760ed7dc0fb25009e09a7d54
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: fded4e6cecd5dd62732d1f645c6856cff8b72e666787ed09879f2ea90b8a34d5
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-3.2.1-21.13.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 16e923182a62d5b18c28e753944ed101692149c0dc650bded5c6aa3d618cd761
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e59810b3cce740667b61468809c071848f58b049f161bd4924bef497277b27f1

Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) from RHUI 1 for RHEL 7

SRPM
x86_64
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: cf10d1ca218381cf9e2054025674bdf3d9b05a858759eed746393bd263746737
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 52360b08206c172d33db13c7815bc7e31d9ea8b675d57b3d8f49bd4dcffbe921
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: ff2ac31d3f1d18b70589e12c6bd3c3b513f8bef146762e2f6fadfc1970054bc9
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7856b6a62b5b6f23a1f45561fbfe86bf3038a0ce891b49d95e2f0c9547c7b1f5

Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) from RHUI 1 for RHEL 6

SRPM
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-3.2.1-21.13.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 530062e693544f8a6bd3ec13fcc0aa3c38aa086dd9c37639c02126cbbc1309a5
x86_64
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-3.2.1-21.13.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 94dda51a0d1ca37d3b1e871f6a2df2b709ad57b9760ed7dc0fb25009e09a7d54
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: fded4e6cecd5dd62732d1f645c6856cff8b72e666787ed09879f2ea90b8a34d5
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-3.2.1-21.13.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 16e923182a62d5b18c28e753944ed101692149c0dc650bded5c6aa3d618cd761
rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc-3.2.1-21.13.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e59810b3cce740667b61468809c071848f58b049f161bd4924bef497277b27f1

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