CVE-2015-6420
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
Insecure Deserialization in Apache Commons Collection
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.commons:commons-collections4 | <4.1 | 4.1 |
| Maven | commons-collections:commons-collections | <3.2.2 | 3.2.2 |
| Maven | net.sourceforge.collections:collections-generic | <=4.0.1 | |
| Maven | org.apache.servicemix.bundles:org.apache.servicemix.bundles.collections-generic | <=4.01 | |
| Maven | org.apache.servicemix.bundles:org.apache.servicemix.bundles.commons-collections | <=3.2.1 | |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6420
- https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.05534
- https://github.com/apache/commons-collections
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05376917
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r352e40ca9874d1beb4ad95403792adca7eb295e6bc3bd7b65fabcc21@%3Ccommits.samza.apache.org%3E
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/581311
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-14
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-23
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151209-java-deserialization
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78872
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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