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.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7501
- https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/2059393
- https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2045023
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1279330
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1773.html
- https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-collections/release_4_1.html
- https://foxglovesecurity.com/2015/11/06/what-do-weblogic-websphere-jboss-jenkins-opennms-and-your-application-have-in-common-this-vulnerability/
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COLLECTIONS-580.
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fjq5-5j5f-mvxh