Security Bulletin: IBM CICS TX Standard is vulnerable to a denial of service exposure due to IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition

2023-02-1421:14:53

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5.3 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

53.6%

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Summary

IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition is used by CICS TX Standard to run WebSphere Liberty, Fix Installer and Java based CICS applications. The fix removes the denial of service vulnerability CVE-2022-21299 from IBM SDK, JTE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-21299
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JAXP 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: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217594 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)