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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilites CVE-2018-25031 and CVE-2021-46708 in WebSphere Application Server Liberty affect IBM CICS TX Standard

Security Bulletin


Summary

WebSphere Application Server Liberty is used by IBM CICS TX Standard to provide a web based administration console and to provide web services support. The fix removes vulnerabilities CVE-2018-25031 that allows a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks and CVE-2021-46708 that allows a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2018-25031
DESCRIPTION:   swagger-ui could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to display remote OpenAPI definitions.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217346 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-46708
DESCRIPTION:   npm swagger-ui-dist could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the victim's click actions and possibly launch further attacks against the victim.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217359 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM CICS TX Standard11.1

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends you apply the following fix

   Product 

     Version 

       Defect 

        Remediation / First Fix          

IBM CICS TX Standard 

11.1

127738

Fix Central Link

 

  

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

15 Jun 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:
15 June 2022

UID

ibm16595193

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