IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms is a transaction monitoring and management software product from International Business Machines (IBM) designed to support distributed transaction processing on multiple platforms. A denial of service vulnerability exists in IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms versions 8.1, 8.2, and 9.1, which stems from improper execution of a timeout on a single read operation. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service.