Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM CICS TX could allow an attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking. The fix removes this vulnerability (CVE-2022-34163) from IBM CICS TX Advanced.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2022-34163
DESCRIPTION: IBM CICS TX is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation of input by the HOST headers. This could allow an attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/229333 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM CICS TX Advanced | 11.1 |
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 |
127639 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
29 Jul 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.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
14 February 2023
UID
ibm16608202