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
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 |
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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
Affected Product(s) | Version(s) | Remediation / Fix |
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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
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References
Change History
04 Oct 2022: Initial Publication
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
05 October 2022
UID
ibm16826635