Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty affects IBM Spectrum Scale packaged in IBM Elastic Storage Server (CVE-2022-34165)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty, used by IBM Elastic Storage Server, which could allow a remote attacker to cause cache poisoning and cross-site scripting.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-34165
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 22.0.0.9 are vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation. This could allow an attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cache poisoning and cross-site scripting. IBM X-Force ID: 229429.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/229429 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends that you fix this vulnerability by upgrading affected versions of IBM Elastic Storage Server to the following code levels or higher:

V6.1.2.5 or higher

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Elastic+Storage+Server+(ESS)&release=6.1.0&platform=All&function=all

V6.1.5.0 or higher

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Elastic+Storage+Server+(ESS)&release=6.1.5&platform=All&function=all

Workarounds and Mitigations

None