Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Symphony is affected but not classified as vulnerable by a remote code execution in Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22965)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Spectrum Symphony is affected but not classified as 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. IBM Spectrum Symphony includes Spring Framework related classes in the package. It impacts the WEBGUI, REST and HostFactory components. The fix upgrades spring framework into 5.2.20.

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)
IBM Spectrum Symphony	7.3
IBM Spectrum Symphony	7.3.1
IBM Spectrum Symphony	7.3.2

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerabilities now by upgrading the following interim fixes in the table:

Products	VRMF	APAR	Remediation/First Fix
IBM Spectrum Symphony	7.3	P104637 P104651 P104653 P104656 P104676 P104677	sym-7.3-build601113 sym-7.3-build601128 sym-7.3-build601137 sym-7.3-build601138 sym-7.3-build601161 sym-7.3-build601162
IBM Spectrum Symphony	7.3.1	P104630 P104643 P104644 P104645 P104649 P104650	sym-7.3.1-build601108 sym-7.3.1-build601120 sym-7.3.1-build601122 sym-7.3.1-build601124 sym-7.3.1-build601125 sym-7.3.1-build601126
IBM Spectrum Symphony	7.3.2	P104634 P104654 P104670 P104671 P104678 P104679	sym-7.3.2-build601111 sym-7.3.2-build601143 sym-7.3.2-build601154 sym-7.3.2-build601155 sym-7.3.2-build601164 sym-7.3.2-build601165

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

15 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: IBM Spectrum Symphony is affected but not classified as vulnerable by a remote code execution in Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22965)