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Security Bulletin: IBM CICS TX Advanced is vulnerable to a local user impersonating another legitimate user (CVE-2022-34164).

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Summary

IBM CICS TX could allow a local user to impersonate another legitimate user due to improper input validation. The fix removes this vulnerability (CVE-2022-34164) from IBM CICS TX Advanced.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2022-34164
DESCRIPTION:   IBM CICS TX could allow a local user to impersonate another legitimate user due to improper input validation.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/229338 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM CICS TX Advanced11.1

Remediation/Fixes

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

         Product 

         Version 

         Defect 

         Remediation / First Fix 

IBM CICS TX Advanced

11.1

127640

Download the fix from here

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

29 Jul 2022: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
14 February 2023

UID

ibm16608206