CVE-2015-6420

Summary

CVECVE-2015-6420
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-12-15 05:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:26:00 UTC
DescriptionSerialized-object interfaces in certain Cisco Collaboration and Social Media; Endpoint Clients and Client Software; Network Application, Service, and Acceleration; Network and Content Security Devices; Network Management and Provisioning; Routing and Switching - Enterprise and Service Provider; Unified Computing; Voice and Unified Communications Devices; Video, Streaming, TelePresence, and Transcoding Devices; Wireless; and Cisco Hosted Services products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the Apache Commons Collections (ACC) library.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-502

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Commons Collections 4.0 All All All
Application Apache Commons Collections 4.0 All All All
Application Apache Commons Collections All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Vulnerability in Java Deserialization Affecting Cisco Products CISCO tools.cisco.com Third Party Advisory
CPU July 2018 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Document Display | HPE Support Center CONFIRM h20566.www2.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[R1] Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal Java Deserialization Remote Code Execution - Research Advisory | Tenable® MISC www.tenable.com Third Party Advisory
CERT Vulnerability Notes Database CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org
[R1] Cisco Security Manager and Prime LMS Java Deserialization Remote Code Execution - Research Advisory | Tenable® MISC www.tenable.com Third Party Advisory
Multiple Cisco Products CVE-2015-6420 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
Document Display | HPE Support Center CONFIRM h20566.www2.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 92029 Microsoft SQL Server Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • 983466 Java (maven) Security Update for commons-collections:commons-collections (GHSA-6hgm-866r-3cjv)
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