CVE-2015-6420 (GCVE-0-2015-6420)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-12-15 02:00
Modified
2025-03-25 16:42
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Serialized-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.
References
psirt@cisco.com http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151209-java-deserialization Third Party Advisory
psirt@cisco.com http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
psirt@cisco.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78872 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
psirt@cisco.com https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05376917 Third Party Advisory
psirt@cisco.com https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722 Third Party Advisory
psirt@cisco.com https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r352e40ca9874d1beb4ad95403792adca7eb295e6bc3bd7b65fabcc21%40%3Ccommits.samza.apache.org%3E
psirt@cisco.com https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/581311
psirt@cisco.com https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-14 Third Party Advisory
psirt@cisco.com https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-23 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151209-java-deserialization Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78872 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://foxglovesecurity.com/2015/11/06/what-do-weblogic-websphere-jboss-jenkins-opennms-and-your-application-have-in-common-this-vulnerability/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05376917 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r352e40ca9874d1beb4ad95403792adca7eb295e6bc3bd7b65fabcc21%40%3Ccommits.samza.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/apache_commons_statement_to_widespread
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/576313
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/581311
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-14 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-23 Third Party Advisory
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