Check Point Advisories

ManageEngine Applications Manager Apache Commons Collections Insecure Deserialization (CVE-2016-9498)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2017-0389
Date Published:	4 May 2017
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Sunday 07 May, 2017
Source:	ManageEngine
Industry Reference:	CVE-2016-9498
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	ManageEngine Applications Manager 13.2 prior to build 13200
Vulnerability Description	An insecure deserialization vulnerability exists in ManageEngine Applications Manager. This vulnerability is due to the inclusion of the vulnerable version of Apache Commons Collections library in the classpath combined with insecure deserialization. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted message to the RMI service running on port 11099/TCP.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the ManageEngine Applications Manager Apache Commons Collections Insecure Deserialization protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: ManageEngine Applications Manager Apache Commons Collections Insecure Deserialization