SB2022121101 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM CICS Transaction Gateway 

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SB2022121101 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM CICS Transaction Gateway

Published: December 11, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022121101
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40149)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted XML or JSON data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds write and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40150)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing untrusted XML or JSON data. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References