Security Bulletin: VMware Tanzu Spring Security is vulnerable to CVE-2023-34042 used in IBM Maximo Application Suite - Monitor Component

2023-12-0119:19:19

www.ibm.com

ibm maximo monitor component

vmware tanzu spring security

cve-2023-34042

security restriction bypass

fixpack 8.11.1

fixpack 8.10.6

catalog update

CVSS3

5.5

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

AI Score

6.7

Confidence

Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

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Summary

IBM Maximo Application Suite - Monitor Component uses VMware Tanzu Spring Security, which is vulnerable to CVE-2023-34042. This bulletin identifies the steps to take to address the vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-34042
**DESCRIPTION:**VMware Tanzu Spring Security could allow a local authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an incorrect permission assignment for spring-security.xsd file inside the spring-security-config jar. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to write the spring-security.xsd file.
CVSS Base score: 4.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/267747 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Maximo Application Suite - Monitor Component	8.11
IBM Maximo Application Suite - Monitor Component	8.10

Remediation/Fixes

Affected Product(s)	Fixpack Version(s)
IBM Maximo Application Suite - Monitor Component	8.11.1 or latest (available from the Catalog under Update Available)
IBM Maximo Application Suite - Monitor Component	8.10.6 or latest (available from the Catalog under Update Available)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

ibmmaximo_application_suiteMatch8.11

ibmmaximo_application_suiteMatch8.10

VendorProductVersionCPE
ibmmaximo_application_suite8.11cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_application_suite:8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibmmaximo_application_suite8.10cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_application_suite:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
ibm	maximo_application_suite	8.11	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_application_suite:8.11:::::::*
ibm	maximo_application_suite	8.10	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:maximo_application_suite:8.10:::::::*