Debian Security Advisory
DSA-3403-1 libcommons-collections3-java -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 24 Nov 2015
- Affected Packages:
- libcommons-collections3-java
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- No other external database security references currently available.
- More information:
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This update backports changes from the commons-collections 3.2.2 release which disable the deserialisation of the functors classes unless the system property org.apache.commons.collections.enableUnsafeSerialization is set to
true
. This fixes a vulnerability in unsafe applications deserialising objects from untrusted sources without sanitising the input data. Classes considered unsafe are: CloneTransformer, ForClosure, InstantiateFactory, InstantiateTransformer, InvokerTransformer, PrototypeCloneFactory, PrototypeSerializationFactory and WhileClosure.For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.1-5+deb7u1.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.1-7+deb8u1.
For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.2-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.2-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libcommons-collections3-java packages.