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Security Bulletin: IBM CICS TX Advanced is vulnerable to allowing a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions (CVE-2021-41041).

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Summary

IBM CICS TX Advanced could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions. The fix removes this vulnerability (CVE-2021-41041) from IBM CICS TX Advanced.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-41041
DESCRIPTION:   Eclipse Openj9 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by failing to throw the exception captured during bytecode verification when verification. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to make unverified methods to be invoked using MethodHandles.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225398 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM CICS TX Advanced10.1
IBM CICS TX Advanced11.1

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability by downloading and applying the interim fixes from the table below:

 

    Product 

   Version 

   Defect 

     Remediation / First Fix 

 IBM CICS TX Advanced 

11.1

127924

Download fix from here

IBM CICS TX Advanced 

10.1

127924

Download fix from here

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

07 Oct 2022: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
14 February 2023

UID

ibm16827821