Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM QRadar SIEM is affected but not 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. QVM utilizes the Spring Framework to support our Java backed user interface.. The fix includes Spring 5.3.18.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2022-22963
DESCRIPTION: VMware Spring Cloud Function could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error when using the routing functionality. By providing a specially crafted SpEL as a routing-expression, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/223020 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)
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)
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) |
| QRadar / QRM / QVM / QRIF / QNI v7.3 | 7.3.0 - 7.3.3 Fix Pack 11 |
| QRadar / QRM / QVM / QRIF / QNI v7.4 | 7.4.0 - 7.4.3 Fix Pack 5 |
| QRadar / QRM / QVM / QRIF / QNI v7.5 | 7.5.0 - 7.5.0 Update Package 1 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly.
| Product | Versions | Fix |
| QRadar / QRM / QVM / QRIF / QNI | 7.3 | 7.3.3 Fix Pack 11 Interim Fix 01 |
| QRadar / QRM / QVM / QRIF / QNI | 7.4 | 7.4.3 Fix Pack 6 |
| QRadar / QRM / QVM / QRIF / QNI | 7.5 | 7.5.0 Update Package 2 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
14 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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Document Information
Modified date:
24 June 2022
Initial Publish date:
14 June 2022
UID
ibm16598419