Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM CICS TX Standard could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions. The fix removes this vulnerability (CVE-2021-41041) from IBM CICS TX Standard.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-41041
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse Openj9 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by failing to throw the exception captured during bytecode verification when verification. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to make unverified methods to be invoked using MethodHandles.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225398 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM CICS TX Standard | All |
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 Standard |
11.1 |
127924 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
07 Oct 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
Initial Publish date:
07 October 2022
UID
ibm16827819