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Security Bulletin: IBM i Modernization Engine for Lifecycle Integration is vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities

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Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in components of IBM i Modernization Engine for Lifecycle Integration as described in the Vulnerability Details section. Guava, Red Hat Single Sign-On, Springfox and Spring Security could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions (CVE-2020-8908, CVE-2022-1466, CVE-2022-22978, 221376). Vmware Tanzu Spring Framework and FasterXML are vulnerable to a denial of service (CVE-2022-22970, CVE-2020-36518, CVE-2022-22950). Spring Framework and PostgreSQL JDBC Driver (PgJDBC) could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system (CVE-2022-22965, CVE-2022-21724). Spring Security and Spring Framework could provide weaker than expected security (CVE-2022-22976, CVE-2022-22968). Apache Commons IO could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system (CVE-2021-29425). swagger-ui could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks (CVE-2018-25031). pgjdbc could allow an attacker to write to arbitrary files (CVE-2022-26520). Swagger UI could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks (221508). PostgreSQL JDBC Driver could allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the system (220313). These components are used in IBM i Modernization Engine for Lifecycle Integration for infrastructure support in the platform. IBM has addressed the vulnerabilities in IBM i Modernization Engine for Lifecycle Integration with updates to affected components.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-8908
DESCRIPTION:   Guava could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a temp directory creation vulnerability in com.google.common.io.Files.createTempDir(). By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass access restrictions.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192996 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-22970
DESCRIPTION:   Vmware Tanzu Spring Framework is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the handling of file uploads. 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/226491 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)

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-2022-1466
DESCRIPTION:   Red Hat Single Sign-On could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper authorization for master realm. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform unauthorized actions.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225395 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-22976
DESCRIPTION:   Spring Security could provide weaker than expected security, caused by an integer overflow vulnerability which results in a lack of salt rounds when using the BCrypt class with the maximum work factor. A local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch further attacks on the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226733 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-29425
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Commons IO could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system, caused by improper input validation by the FileNameUtils.normalize method. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199852 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2020-36518
DESCRIPTION:   FasterXML jackson-databind is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a Java StackOverflow exception. By using a large depth of nested objects, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/222319 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-2018-25031
DESCRIPTION:   swagger-ui could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to display remote OpenAPI definitions.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217346 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-26520
DESCRIPTION:   ** DISPUTED ** In pgjdbc before 42.3.3, an attacker (who controls the jdbc URL or properties) can call java.util.logging.FileHandler to write to arbitrary files through the loggerFile and loggerLevel connection properties. An example situation is that an attacker could create an executable JSP file under a Tomcat web root. NOTE: the vendor's position is that there is no pgjdbc vulnerability; instead, it is a vulnerability for any application to use the pgjdbc driver with untrusted connection properties.
CVSS Base score: 0
CVSS Vector:

CVEID:   CVE-2022-21724
DESCRIPTION:   PostgreSQL JDBC Driver (PgJDBC) could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unchecked class instantiation when providing plugin classes. By sending a specially-crafted request using the "authenticationPluginClassName", "sslhostnameverifier", "socketFactory", "sslfactory", "sslpasswordcallback" classes, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/218798 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-22968
DESCRIPTION:   Spring Framework could provide weaker than expected security, caused by a data binding rules vulnerability in which the patterns for disallowedFields on a DataBinder are case sensitive. The case sensitivity allows that a field is insufficiently protected unless it is listed with both upper and lower case for the first character of the field. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch further attacks on the system.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/224374 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-22978
DESCRIPTION:   Spring Security could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw in the RegexRequestMatcher component. By misconfiguring RegexRequestMatcher with `.` in the regular expression, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass authorization and obtain access.
CVSS Base score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226989 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N)

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)

IBM X-Force ID:   221376
DESCRIPTION:   Springfox could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a log injection flaw in io.springfox:springfox-swagger-ui. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to forge log entries or inject malicious content into the logs.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/221376 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

IBM X-Force ID:   221508
DESCRIPTION:   Swagger UI could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, caused by an open redirect vulnerability in the OpenAPI definitions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the ?url parameter in a specially-crafted URL to redirect a victim to arbitrary Web sites.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/221508 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N)

IBM X-Force ID:   220313
DESCRIPTION:   PostgreSQL JDBC Driver could allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the system, caused by the exposure of the connection properties for configuring a pgjdbc connection. By specifying arbitrary connection properties, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/220313 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 i Modernization Engine for Lifecycle Integration1.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerabilities now.

 

Product(s)Version(s)Remediation/Fix/Instructions
IBM i Modernization Engine for Lifecycle Integration1.0Follow instructions to download and install v1.0.1

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Change History

27 Jun 2022: Initial Publication

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
11 July 2022

UID

ibm16602625