Security Bulletin: IBM Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere is affected but not classified as vulnerable by a remote code execution in Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22965)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere 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 Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere control room is using Spring Framework 5.1.6 with JDK 11. The fix will upgrade Spring Framework version to 5.3.18.

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 Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere	19.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the Spring Framework issue by upgrading to fix pack 19.0.0.10.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Change History

11 May 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 Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere is affected but not classified as vulnerable by a remote code execution in Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22965)