Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities have been identified in Spring Framework, OpenSSL and Apache HTTP Server shipped with the DS8000 Hardware Management Console (HMC)

Summary

The updates indicated below have been released to address the following vulnerabilities: Spring Framework CVE-2022-22965, OpenSSL vulnerabilities CVE-2022-0778, Apache HTTP Server CVE-2021-26691, CVE-2021-40438, CVE-2021-44790, and CVE-2021-20325.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-0778
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the BN_mod_sqrt() function when parsing certificates. By using a specially-crafted certificate with invalid explicit curve parameters, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an infinite loop, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/221911 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)

CVEID:CVE-2021-26691
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache HTTP Server is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the mod_session. By sending a specially crafted SessionHeader, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/203465 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2021-40438
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache HTTP Server is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by an error in mod_proxy. By sending a specially crafted request uri-path, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to forward the request to an origin server chosen by the remote user.
CVSS Base score: 9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209526 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-22965
**DESCRIPTION:**Spring Framework could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the improper handling of PropertyDescriptor objects used with data binding. By sending specially-crafted data to a Spring Java application, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system. Note: The exploit requires Spring Framework to be run on Tomcat as a WAR deployment with JDK 9 or higher using spring-webmvc or spring-webflux. Note: This vulnerability is also known as Spring4Shell or SpringShell.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/223103 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)

CVEID:CVE-2021-44790
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache HTTP Server is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking in the mod_lua multipart parser called from Lua scripts). By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/215686 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)

CVEID:CVE-2021-20325
**DESCRIPTION:**Red Hat Enterprise Linux is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by the missing fixes for CVE-2021-40438 and CVE-2021-26691 in the versions of httpd. By sending specially crafted requests, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and or perform SSRF attacks.
CVSS Base score: 9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/220125 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Note: The code is vulnerable to both CVE-2021-40438 and CVE-2022-0778.

Note: The code is not vulnerable to the others (CVE-2021-26691, CVE-2022-22965, CVE-2021-44790, CVE-2021-20325), i.e. the flawed code exists in the product but cannot be exploited.

R9.3 (89.30.68.0) with the fix has been provided.

R9.2 SP2 (89.22.17.0) with the fix has been provided.

For the current recommended code releases, please see <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ds8000-code-recommendation&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None