Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation is affected but not classified as vulnerable by a remote code execution in Spring Framework [CVE-2022-22965]

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation is affected but not classified as vulnerable to a remote code execution in Spring Framework 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. Parts of the Spring framework is used in multiple components of Cloud Pak for Business Automation to perform transaction management, database access or processing of web request. The fix includes Spring V5.3.20 and later and removes Spring from some product components. [CVE-2022-22965]

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

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)	Status
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation	V22.0.1 - V22.0.1-IF001	affected
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation	V21.0.3 - V21.0.3-IF011	affected
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation	V21.0.2 - V21.0.2-IF012 and later fixes V21.0.1 - V21.0.1-IF007 and later fixes V20.0.1 - V20.0.3 and later fixes V19.0.1 - V19.0.3 and later fixes V18.0.0 - V18.0.2 and later fixes	affected

Remediation/Fixes

Apply 21.0.3-IF012 or 22.0.1-IF002 in order to upgrade the version of Spring framework libraries.

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)	Remediation / Fix
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation	22.0.1 - 22.0.1-IF001	Apply 22.0.1-IF002 or later
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation	21.0.3 - 21.0.3-IF011	Apply 21.0.3-IF012 or later
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation	V21.0.2 - V21.0.2-IF012 and later fixes V21.0.1 - V21.0.1-IF007 and later fixes V20.0.1 - V20.0.3 and later fixes V19.0.1 - V19.0.3 and later fixes V18.0.0 - V18.0.2 and later fixes	Upgrade to 21.0.3-IF012 or later or 22.0.1-IF002 or later

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Change History

04 Oct 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 Cloud Pak for Business Automation is affected but not classified as vulnerable by a remote code execution in Spring Framework [CVE-2022-22965]