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

Security Bulletin


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

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

Remediation/Fixes

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

 

Product

VersionDefectRemediation / First Fix
IBM CICS TX Advanced
11.1
127736Download fix from here

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

27 May 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
14 February 2023

Initial Publish date:
27 May 2022

UID

ibm16590425