Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact is affected but not classified as vulnerable to a remote code execution in Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22965).Spring is shipped as part of ActiveMQ package but is not used by the product. The fix removes Spring from the product.
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 Tivoli Netcool Impact | 7.1.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading:
Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation |
IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact 7.1.0 | 7.1.0.26 | IJ39753 | Upgrade to IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact 7.1.0 FP26 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
16 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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Document Information
Modified date:
05 July 2022
UID
ibm16601301