SB2022110101 - Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware Spring Security

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31690)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in spring-security-oauth2-client. A remote user can modify a request initiated by the Client to the Authorization Server and gain elevated privileges on the system.

2) Improper Authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31692)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authorization checks.

The vulnerability exists due to authorization rules bypass via forward or include dispatcher types. A remote attacker can bypass authorization process.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-31690
• https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-31692