7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
39.2%
IBM CICS TX Standard is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite loop flaw in Golang Go (CVE-2021-27918). The fix removes this vulnerability from IBM CICS TX Standard.
CVEID:CVE-2021-27918
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite loop flaw when using xml.NewTokenDecoder with a custom TokenReader. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted XML content, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/198075 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
---|---|
IBM CICS TX Standard | 11.1 |
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability by downloading and applying the interim fix from the table below.
Product
|
Version
|
Defect
|
Remediation / First Fix
โ|โ|โ|โ
IBM CICS TX Standard
|
11.1
|
127799
|
None
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
39.2%