Security Bulletin: There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition and Eclipse OpenJ9 that are shipped with CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition (CVE-2023-22081, CVE-2023-22067 and CVE-2023-5676).

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition and Eclipse OpenJ9 that are shipped with CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition (CVE-2023-22081, CVE-2023-22067 and CVE-2023-5676). An update to CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition has been released to address these vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-22081
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JSSE component could allow a remote attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, no integrity impact, and low availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268929 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2023-22067
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the CORBA component could allow a remote attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268928 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)

CVEID:CVE-2023-5676
**DESCRIPTION:**Eclipse OpenJ9 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when a shutdown signal (SIGTERM, SIGINT or SIGHUP) is received before the JVM has finished initializing. By sending a specially crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an infinite busy hang on a spinlock or a segmentation fault.
CVSS Base score: 4.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/271615 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition	9.3
CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition	9.2
CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition	9.1

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading IBM CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition.

Product	Version	Platform	Remediation/Fix
IBM CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition

9.1

| AIX|

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition and Eclipse OpenJ9.

Download the upgrade from Fix Central.

IBM CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition|

9.1

| Linux on POWER Big Endian|

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition and Eclipse OpenJ9.

Download the upgrade from Fix Central.

IBM CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition|

9.1

| Linux on Intel|

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition and Eclipse OpenJ9.

Download the upgrade from Fix Central.

IBM CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition|

9.1

| Linux on IBM Z|

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition and Eclipse OpenJ9.

Download the upgrade from Fix Central.

IBM CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition|

9.1

| Windows|

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition and Eclipse OpenJ9.

Download the upgrade from Fix Central.

IBM CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition|

9.2

| AIX|

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition and Eclipse OpenJ9.

Download the upgrade from Fix Central.

IBM CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition|

9.2

| Linux on POWER Big Endian|

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition and Eclipse OpenJ9.

Download the upgrade from Fix Central.

IBM CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition|

9.2

| Linux on Intel|

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition and Eclipse OpenJ9.

Download the upgrade from Fix Central.

IBM CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition|

9.2

| Linux on IBM Z|

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition and Eclipse OpenJ9.

Download the upgrade from Fix Central.

IBM CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition|

9.2

| Windows|

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition and Eclipse OpenJ9.

Download the upgrade from Fix Central.

IBM CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition|

9.3

| AIX|

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition and Eclipse OpenJ9.

Download the upgrade from Fix Central.

IBM CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition|

9.3

| Linux on POWER Big Endian|

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition and Eclipse OpenJ9.

Download the upgrade from Fix Central.

IBM CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition|

9.3

| Linux on Intel|

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition and Eclipse OpenJ9.

Download the upgrade from Fix Central.

IBM CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition|

9.3

| Linux on Intel container|

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition and Eclipse OpenJ9.

Download the upgrade from Fix Central.

IBM CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition|

9.3

| Linux on IBM Z|

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition and Eclipse OpenJ9.

Download the upgrade from Fix Central.

IBM CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition|

9.3

| Windows|

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition and Eclipse OpenJ9.

Download the upgrade from Fix Central.

IBM CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition|

9.3

| Linux on IBM Z container|

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition and Eclipse OpenJ9.

Download the upgrade from Fix Central.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None