# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.2 (`CVSS:3.0/S:U/UI:N/AC:L/AV:L/I:N/A:H/PR:N/C:N/RL:O/E:U/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Mar 2022
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3wp3-9f4h-fqwh

## 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: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39065/): Command injection in Spectrum Copy Data Management (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2021-38947](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38947/): Weak cryptography in Spectrum Copy Data Management (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2021-39053](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39053/): Information disclosure in Spectrum Copy Data Management (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2021-39058](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39058/): Weak cryptography in Spectrum Copy Data Management (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2021-39064](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39064/): Hardcoded credentials in Spectrum Copy Data Management (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-22354 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22354 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22354/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22354/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22354
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22354
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22354

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