USN-6936-1: Apache Commons Collections vulnerability

Publication date

31 July 2024

Overview

Apache Commons Collections could be made to execute arbitrary code if it received specially crafted input.

Releases


Packages

Details

It was discovered that Apache Commons Collections allowed serialization
support for unsafe classes by default. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that Apache Commons Collections allowed serialization
support for unsafe classes by default. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
14.04 trusty libcommons-collections3-java –  3.2.1-6ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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