IBM Partner Engagement Manager update for Spring Security OAuth

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU62472

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22969

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing requests initiating the Authorization Request for the Authorization Code Grant. A remote attacker can end multiple requests to the OAuth 2.0 Client, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager on Cloud / SaaS: before 22.3.1

IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager: before 6.2.1.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-spring-security-oauth-affects-ibm-partner-engagement-manager-cve-2022-22969/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.