Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is affected but not classified as vulnerable to a denial of service in Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22950)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is affected but not vulnerable to a denial of service in Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22950) Spring Framework is used by IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data as part of its developement infrastructure. The fix includes Spring version 5.3.18, 5.2.20 or later.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2022-22950
DESCRIPTION: VMware Tanzu Spring Framework is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation. By sending a specially-crafted crafted SpEL expression, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/223096 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pack for Data	1.5.0, 4.0.0. 4.0.2, 4.0.4, 4.0.5, 4.0.6, 4.0.7

Remediation/Fixes

For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to the latest (v4.0.8) release of IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data which maintains backward compatibility with the versions listed above.

Product Latest Version	Remediation/Fix/Instructions
IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data 4.0.8	Follow instructions for Installing Watson Assistant in Link to Release (v4.0.8 release information) https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.0?topic=assistant-installing-watson

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Change History

28 Apr 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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Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is affected but not classified as vulnerable to a denial of service in Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22950)