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Security Bulletin: March 2021 :Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect CICS Transaction Gateway

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Versions 7.0, 7.1 and 8.0 used by CICS Transaction Gateway. CICS Transaction Gateway has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-14779
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Serialization component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190097 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2020-14792
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Hotspot component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause low confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 4.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190110 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2020-14796
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a low confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190114 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2020-14797
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190115 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2020-14798
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190116 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM CICS Transaction Gateway9.2.0.0 - 9.2.0.2
IBM CICS Transaction Gateway9.1.0.0 - 9.1.0.3
IBM CICS Transaction Gateway9.0.0.0 - 9.0.0.5
IBM CICS Transaction Gateway8.1.0.0 - 8.1.0.5
IBM CICS Transaction Gateway8.0.0.0 - 8.0.0.6

Remediation/Fixes


ProductVRMFAPARRemediation / First Fix
CICS Transaction Gateway for Multiplatforms9.2.0.0
9.2.0.1
9.2.0.2
https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/identifyFixes?query.parent=ibm~Other%20software&query.product=ibm~WebSphere~CICS%20Transaction%20Gateway%20for%20Multiplatforms&query.release=9.2.0&query.platform=All
CICS Transaction Gateway for Multiplatforms9.1.0.0
9.1.0.1
9.1.0.2
9.1.0.3
https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/identifyFixes?query.parent=ibm~Other%20software&query.product=ibm~WebSphere~CICS%20Transaction%20Gateway%20for%20Multiplatforms&query.release=9.1.0&query.platform=All
CICS Transaction Gateway for Multiplatforms
9.0.0.0
9.0.0.1
9.0.0.2
9.0.0.3
9.0.0.4
9.0.0.5
8.1.0.0
8.1.0.1
8.1.0.2
8.1.0.3
8.1.0.4
8.1.0.5
8.0.0.0
8.0.0.1
8.0.0.2
8.0.0.3
8.0.0.4
8.0.0.5
8.0.0.6
Updated JRE's have been made available on Fix Central as Fix packs.
Solaris: 7.0.10-CICSTG-SolarisSPARC32-JRE-SR80
AIX: 7.0.10-CICSTG-AIXpSeries32-JRE-SR80
xLinux: 7.0.10-CICSTG-Linuxx8632-JRE-SR80
pLinux: 7.0.10-CICSTG-LinuxpSeries32-JRE-SR80
zLinux: 7.0.10-CICSTG-LinuxzSeries31-JRE-SR80
Windows: 7.0.10-CICSTG-Windowsx8632-JRE-SR80		https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/identifyFixes?query.parent=ibm~Other%20software&query.product=ibm~WebSphere~CICS%20Transaction%20Gateway%20for%20Multiplatforms&query.release=9.0.0&query.platform=All

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

17 Mar 2021: 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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
09 December 2021

UID

ibm16431181

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