Security Bulletin: A vulnerability exists in golang x/crypto (CVE-2020-9283) which is consumed by IBM CICS TX Advanced

Summary

IBM CICS TX Advanced has addressed vulnerability CVE-2020-9283 in golang x/crypto

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-9283
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang golang.org/x/crypto is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error during signature verification in the golang.org/x/crypto/ssh package. By persuading a victim to run a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a panic.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/176688 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 Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

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

Product

| Version| Defect| Remediation / First Fix
—|—|—|—
IBM CICS TX Advanced|

11.1

| 127736| Download fix from here

Workarounds and Mitigations

None