Security Bulletin
Summary
Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud is vulnerable to identity spoofing with the appSecurity-1.0, appSecurity-2.0, appSecurity-3.0 or appSecurity-4.0 feature enabled. This has been addressed.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2022-22476
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 22.0.0.7 and Open Liberty are vulnerable to identity spoofing by an authenticated user using a specially crafted request. IBM X-Force ID: 225604.
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225604 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
These vulnerabilities affect all versions of Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud up to and including v3.71.
Remediation/Fixes
To upgrade to Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud v3.72-20220720-1509 or higher, you must re-stage or re-push your application
To find the current version of Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud being used, from the command-line Cloud Foundry client by running the following commands:
cf ssh <appname> -c "cat staging_info.yml"
Look for similar lines:
{“detected_buildpack”:“Liberty for Java(TM) (WAR, liberty-xxx, v3.72-20220720-1509, xxx, env)“,”start_command”:“.liberty/initial_startup.rb”}
To re-stage your application using the command-line Cloud Foundry client, use the following command:
cf restage <appname>
To re-push your application using the command-line Cloud Foundry client, use the following command:
cf push <appname>
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
08 Aug 2022: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
07 October 2022
UID
ibm16611057