CVE-2022-22354 Denial of service in Spectrum Copy Data Management
Attackers can cause the Admin Console to become unresponsive via Slowloris HTTP denial of service attacks due to unlimited connection lengths.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-22354?
CVE-2022-22354 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management, published on 14 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0.0 through 10.1.9.2 and IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management 2.2.0.0 through 2.2.14.3 do not limit the length of a connection which could allow for a Slowloris HTTP denial of service attack to take place. This can cause the Admin Console to become unresponsive. IBM X-Force ID: 220485.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22354?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm Spectrum Copy Data Management, Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus.
How do I fix CVE-2022-22354?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22354 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-22354 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22354 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management
- CVE-2021-39065 Command injection in Spectrum Copy Data Management
- CVE-2021-38947 Weak cryptography in Spectrum Copy Data Management
- CVE-2021-39053 Information disclosure in Spectrum Copy Data Management
- CVE-2021-39058 Weak cryptography in Spectrum Copy Data Management
- CVE-2021-39064 Hardcoded credentials in Spectrum Copy Data Management
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3wp3-9f4h-fqwh.