Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Control Center v6.2.1 and v6.3.1 is vulnerable and reported in [All] Spring Framework.

Summary

Security Bulletin: Sterling Control Center v6.2.1 and v6.3.1 is vulnerable in [All] Spring Framework for CVE-2024-22233 (Publicly disclosed vulnerability).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-22233
**DESCRIPTION:**VMware Tanzu Spring Framework is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when application uses Spring MVC and Spring Security 6.1.6+ or 6.2.1+ is on the classpath. By sending specially crafted HTTP requests, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/280184 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Product

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Version

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Remediation

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IBM Sterling Control Center

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6.3.1.0 GA through iFix02

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6.3.1.0 iFix02 Fix Central - 6.3.1.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

• This vulnerability is reported in Spring framework 6.0.15 and fixed in 6.0.16. It is fixed with upgrade of Spring to 6.0.18 in 6.3.1 ifix02. (Reference link 1)
• Older versions are not affected, Control Center 6.2.1 uses spring framework 5.x.x version and this vulnerability is reported for 6.0.15 and 6.1.2. (Reference link 2).
• Remediation Fix is also available with latest release of v6.3.1.0 and later as well.

Note: We encourage our customers with EOS v6.1.3.0 and v6.3.0 to upgrade to the latest release as they will not be receiving security patches.