Oracle Communications Performance Intelligence Center (PIC) Software Apache Commons Collections deserialization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Communications Performance Intelligence Center (PIC) Software up to 10.2.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Apache Commons Collections. This manipulation causes deserialization. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2015-7501. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Communications Performance Intelligence Center (PIC) Software up to 10.2.0 (Cloud Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Apache Commons Collections. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 10/16/2018 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2018 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-7501. The attack can be launched remotely. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 234398 (RHEL 6 / 7 : rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections (RHSA-2015:2523)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11550 (Red Hat JBoss EAP/Web Server Java UnSerialize Common-Collections Remote Code Execution Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (234398) and SecurityFocus (BID 78215†). The entries VDB-82609, VDB-89949, VDB-89996 and VDB-90010 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Deserialization
CWE: CWE-502 / CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 234398
Nessus Name: RHEL 6 / 7 : rh-java-common-apache-commons-collections (RHSA-2015:2523)

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Recommended: Upgrade
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09/29/2015 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2018
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-7501 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7501
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-125377
SecurityFocus: 78215
SecurityTracker: 1034097

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/17/2018 08:40
Updated: 04/15/2025 21:34
Changes: 10/17/2018 08:40 (52), 04/01/2020 08:38 (19), 05/25/2023 16:47 (6), 04/15/2025 21:34 (16)
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