Security Bulletin: Vulnerability (CVE-2022-3676) in Eclipse Openj9 affects CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition

Summary

Eclipse Openj9 is used by CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition. The fix removes vulnerability CVE-2022-3676 that could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-3676
**DESCRIPTION:**Eclipse Openj9 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper runtime type check by the interface calls. By sending a specially-crafted request using bytecode, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access or modify memory.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/239608 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends you apply these fixes.

Product

| VRMF|APAR|Remediation / First Fix
—|—|—|—
CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition| 9.2| Updated JRE’s have been made available on Fix Central as Fix packs.|

AIX: Fix Central Link

pLinux: Fix Central Link

xLinux: Fix Central Link

zLinux: Fix Central Link

Windows: Fix Central Link

CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition| 9.1| Updated JRE’s have been made available on Fix Central as Fix packs.|

AIX: Fix Central Link

pLinux: Fix Central Link

xLinux: Fix Central Link

zLinux: Fix Central Link

Windows: Fix Central Link

CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition|

9.0

| Updated JRE’s have been made available on Fix Central as Fix packs.|

AIX: Fix Central Link

pLinux: Fix Central Link

xLinux: Fix Central Link

zLinux: Fix Central Link

Windows: Fix Central Link

Solaris: Fix Central Link

Workarounds and Mitigations

None