Security Bulletin: Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud is vulnerable to Identity Spoofing (CVE-2022-22475)

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-2022-22475
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty and Open Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 22.0.0.5 are vulnerable to identity spoofing by an authenticated user. IBM X-Force ID: 225603.
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225603 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 v3.69.

Remediation/Fixes

To upgrade to Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud v3.70-20220525-0737 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-22.0.0_3, v3.70-20220525-0737, ibmjdk-1.8.0_sr7-20211025, 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

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Change History

09 Jun 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: Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud is vulnerable to Identity Spoofing (CVE-2022-22475)