Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Control Center is vulnerable to denial of service by authenticated user due to Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22971)

Summary

Spring Framework is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw with a STOMP over WebSocket endpoint. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition. IBM Sterling Control Center uses Spring Framework and the issue has been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-22971
**DESCRIPTION:**Vmware Tanzu Spring Framework is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw with a STOMP over WebSocket endpoint. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226492 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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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Fixes/Remediation

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IBM Sterling Control Center

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6.2.1.0 GA through iFix07

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6.2.1.0 iFix08 Fix Central - 6.2.1.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None