rhsa-2015_2548
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2015-12-04 17:12
Modified
2024-12-15 18:42
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0.1 commons-collections security update

Notes

Topic
An update for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0.1 that fixes one security issue in the Apache commons-collections library is now available. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Critical 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.
Details
Red Hat JBoss Web Server is a fully integrated and certified set of components for hosting Java web applications. 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) Further information about the commons-collections flaw may be found at: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2045023 All users of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0.1 are advised to apply this update. The Red Hat JBoss Web Server process must be restarted for the update to take effect.
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