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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities affect embedded Content Management Interoperability Service in IBM Business Automation Workflow - CVE-2023-20861, CVE-2023-20863

Security Bulletin


Summary

Embedded Content Management Interoperability Service in IBM Business Automation Workflow is affected by multiple Spring framework vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2023-20863
DESCRIPTION:   VMware Tanzu Spring Framework is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation. By sending a specially crafted SpEL expression, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/252807 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-20861
DESCRIPTION:   VMware Tanzu Spring Framework is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending a specially crafted SpEL expression, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/250701 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)Status
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditionalV22.0.1 - V22.0.2
V21.0.1 - V21.0.3.1
V20.0.0.1 - V20.0.0.2
V19.0.0.1 - V19.0.0.3
affected
IBM Case ManagerV5.3.0 - V5.3.3affected

For earlier and unsupported versions of the products, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product.

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the Interim Fix (iFix) or Cumulative Fix (CF) containing APAR DT208578 as soon as practical.

 

Affected Product(s)Version(s)Remediation / Fix
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditionalV22.0.2Apply DT208578 
or upgrade to IBM Business Automation Workflow 23.0.1 or later
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditionalV21.0.3.1Apply DT208578 
or upgrade to IBM Business Automation Workflow 23.0.1 or later
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditionalV20.0.0.2Apply DT208578 
or upgrade to IBM Business Automation Workflow 23.0.1 or later
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditionalV22.0.1
V21.0.2
V20.0.0.1
V19.0.0.3
Upgrade to a long term support release or the latest SSCD version. See IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Integration Designer Software Support Lifecycle Addendum
IBM Case ManagerV5.3.3Update to IBM Case Manager V5.3.3 IF011 and apply LA11008 for DT208578.
or upgrade to IBM Business Automation Workflow 23.0.1 or later.  Contact IBM support to get access to the LA11008.

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

27 Jul 2023: 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:
27 July 2023

UID

ibm17015075