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a-c05063986

SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN

Document ID: c05063986
Version: 1

HPSBGN03564 rev.1 - HPE Release Control using Java Deserialization, Remote
Code Execution

NOTICE: The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon as
soon as possible.

Release Date: 2016-03-29
Last Updated: 2016-03-29

Potential Security Impact: Remote Code Execution

Source: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Product Security Response Team

VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
A vulnerability in Apache Commons Collections for handling Java object
deserialization was addressed by HPE Release Control. The vulnerability could
be exploited remotely to allow remote code execution.

References: CVE-2016-1999

SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.
HP Release Control Software 9.13, 9.20, 9.21 Server

BACKGROUND

CVSS 2.0 Base Metrics
===========================================================
  Reference              Base Vector             Base Score
CVE-2016-1999    (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)       7.2
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             Information on CVSS is documented
            in HP Customer Notice: HPSN-2008-002

RESOLUTION

HPE has made the following mitigation information available to resolve the
vulnerability in HPE Release Control:

https://softwaresupport.hp.com/group/softwaresupport/search-result/-/facetsea
rch/document/KM02177013

HISTORY
Version:1 (rev.1) - 28 March 2016 Initial release

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