Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Conductor with Spring Framework is vulnerable to a denial of service

Summary

IBM Spectrum Conductor with Spring Framework is vulnerable to a denial of service

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-20861
**DESCRIPTION:**VMware Tanzu Spring Framework is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending a specially crafted SpEL expression, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/250701 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2023-20863
**DESCRIPTION:**VMware Tanzu Spring Framework is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation. By sending a specially crafted SpEL expression, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/252807 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly suggests the following remediation or fix:

Upgrade to the latest versions of IBM Spectrum Conductor 2.5.1 FP2 (IBM Spectrum Conductor 2.5.1 with Fix 601712).

Workarounds and Mitigations

None