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Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Control Center is vulnerable to denial of service by authenticated user due to Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22971)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Spring Framework is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw with a STOMP over WebSocket endpoint. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition. IBM Sterling Control Center uses Spring Framework and the issue has been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2022-22971
DESCRIPTION:   Vmware Tanzu Spring Framework is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw with a STOMP over WebSocket endpoint. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226492 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Sterling Control Center6.2.1.0 GA through iFix07

Remediation/Fixes

Product

Version

Fixes/Remediation

IBM Sterling Control Center

6.2.1.0 GA through iFix07

6.2.1.0 iFix08 Fix Central - 6.2.1.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

14 Sep 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:
14 September 2022

Initial Publish date:
14 September 2022

UID

ibm16619837