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Security Bulletin: IBM CICS TX Advanced is vulnerable to a back and refresh attack (CVE-2022-33955)

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Summary

IBM CICS TX could allow allow an attacker with physical access to the system to execute code due using a back and refresh attack. The fix removes this vulnerability (CVE-2022-33955) from IBM CICS TX Advanced.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2022-33955
DESCRIPTION:   IBM CICS TX could allow allow an attacker with physical access to the system to execute code due using a back and refresh attack.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/229312 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:P/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 fix from the table below 

  Product 

         Version 

         Defect 

         Remediation / First Fix 

  IBM CICS TX Advanced 

11.1

127636 

Download 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

ibm16608186