Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty for IBM i is vulnerable to identity spoofing and port status query (CVE-2022-22475 CVE-2022-22393)

Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty for IBM i is vulnerable to identity spoofing by an authenticated user and the ability to obtain the status of application server ports as described in the vulnerability details section. IBM i has addressed the CVEs by providing fixes to IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty for IBM i as described in the remediation/fixes section.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-22475
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty and Open Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 22.0.0.5 are vulnerable to identity spoofing by an authenticated user. IBM X-Force ID: 225603.
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225603 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2022-22393
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 22.0.0.5 , with the adminCenter-1.0 feature configured, could allow an authenticated user to issue a request to obtain the status of HTTP/HTTPS ports which are accessible by the application server. IBM X-Force ID: 222078.
CVSS Base score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/222078 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The issues can be fixed by applying a PTF to IBM i. IBM i releases 7.5, 7.4, 7.3, and 7.2 will be fixed.

The IBM i PTF numbers contain the fixes for the vulnerabilities.

IBM i Release| 5770-SS1
PTF Number| PTF Download Link
—|—|—
7.5| SI79987| SI79987
7.4| SI79988| SI79988
7.3| SI79990| SI79990
7.2| SI79991| SI79991
<https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral&gt;

_Important note: _IBM recommends that all users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to supported and fixed version of affected products.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None