Security Bulletin: IBM Cognos Command Center is affected but not classified as vulnerable by a remote code execution in Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22965)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Cognos Command Center is affected but not classified as vulnerable to a remote code execution in Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22965) as it does not meet all of the following criteria: 1. JDK 9 or higher, 2. Apache Tomcat as the Servlet container, 3. Packaged as WAR (in contrast to a Spring Boot executable jar), 4. Spring-webmvc or spring-webflux dependency, 5. Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 to 5.3.17, 5.2.0 to 5.2.19, and older versions. Spring is used in IBM Cognos Command Center as a direct dependency of ActiveMQ. IBM Cognos Command Center 10.2.4.1 has upgraded to ActiveMQ 5.17.1 which uses Spring 5.3.19. ActiveMQ 5.17.1 requires Java 11 as a minimum version, therefore IBM Cognos Command Center has upgraded to IBM® Semeru JRE 11.0.14.1.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2022-22965
DESCRIPTION: Spring Framework could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the improper handling of PropertyDescriptor objects used with data binding. By sending specially-crafted data to a Spring Java application, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system. Note: The exploit requires Spring Framework to be run on Tomcat as a WAR deployment with JDK 9 or higher using spring-webmvc or spring-webflux. Note: This vulnerability is also known as Spring4Shell or SpringShell.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/223103 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Cognos Command Center 10.2.4.1

Remediation/Fixes

It is strongly recommended that you apply the most recent security update:

IBM Cognos Command Center 10.2.4 Fix Pack 1 IF16

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Acknowledgement

Change History

Mar 01 2023: Remediation/Fixes section: Updated Fix Central link to IBM Cognos Command Center 10.2.4 Fixpack 1 Interim Fix 16
Jan 30 2023: Remediation/Fixes section: Removed Fix Central link as IBM Cognos Command Center 10.2.4 Fixpack 1 Interim Fix 15 has been removed from Fix Central
June 7 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 Cognos Command Center is affected but not classified as vulnerable by a remote code execution in Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22965)