Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Common Licensing is affected but not classified as vulnerable to a remote code execution in Spring Framework (220575, 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. In IBM Common Licensing Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 to 5.3.17, 5.2.0 to 5.2.19 and is Spring- webmvc dependent. The fix includes Spring 5.3.19.
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)
IBM X-Force ID: 220575
DESCRIPTION: Spring Framework could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization in the SerializableTypeWrapper class. By sending specially-crafted input, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/220575 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Common Licensing | ART 8.1.6 |
| IBM Common Licensing | ART 9.0 |
| IBM Common Licensing | Agent 9.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
The 220575,CVE-2022-22965 flaw lies in Spring Framework. Spring has provided update fixes (Spring Framework 5.2.20 & 5.3.18+). The advisory cautions that the vulnerability is "general, and there may be other ways to exploit it."
IBM strongly recommends addressing the Spring framework vulnerability now by applying the suggested fix that uses Spring Framework 5.3.19.
Apply the ART and Agent ifix from fix central :
IBM_LKS_Administration_And_Reporting_Tool_And_Agent_90_Spring_ART_LDAP_iFix_1
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
02 May 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:
30 May 2022
Initial Publish date:
02 May 2022
UID
ibm16590823