Security Bulletin: IBM CICS TX Advanced is vulnerable to allowing an attacker to access an application via insecure session cookies (CVE-2022-34313).

Summary

IBM CICS TX Advanced could allow an attacker access to an application via insecure session cookies. The fix removes this vulnerability (CVE-2022-34313) from IBM CICS TX Advanced.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-34313
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM CICS TX does not set the secure attribute on authorization tokens or session cookies. Attackers may be able to get the cookie values by sending a http:// link to a user or by planting this link in a site the user goes to. The cookie will be sent to the insecure link and the attacker can then obtain the cookie value by snooping the traffic
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/229449 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

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

Product

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Version

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Defect

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Remediation / First Fix

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IBM CICS TX Advanced

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11.1

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127903

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Download the fix from here

Workarounds and Mitigations

None