Security Bulletin: VMware Tanzu Spring Framework is vulnerable to multiple security CVEs used in IBM Maximo Application Suite - Monitor Component

Summary

IBM Maximo Application Suite - Monitor Component uses VMWare Tanzu Spring Framework which is vulnerable to multiple security CVEs. This bulletin identifies the steps to take to address the vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-22262
**DESCRIPTION:**VMware Tanzu Spring Framework could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, caused by an open redirect vulnerability in UriComponentsBuilder. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to redirect a victim to arbitrary Web sites.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/287586 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-22243
**DESCRIPTION:**VMware Tanzu Spring Framework could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, caused by an open redirect vulnerability when using UriComponentsBuilder to parse an externally provided URL. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted URL to redirect a victim to arbitrary Web sites.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/283965 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-22259
**DESCRIPTION:**VMware Tanzu Spring Framework could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, caused by an open redirect vulnerability in UriComponentsBuilder. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to redirect a victim to arbitrary Web sites.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/285631 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-22257
**DESCRIPTION:**VMware Tanzu Spring Security could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a broken access control when it directly uses the AuthenticatedVoter#vote passing a null Authentication parameter. By sending a direct request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass access restrictions.
CVSS Base score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/285898 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2016-1000027
**DESCRIPTION:**Pivota Spring Framework could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization flaw in the library. By sending specially-crafted input, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174367 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)

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Remediation/Fixes

Workarounds and Mitigations

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