Security Bulletin: jettison-json Jettison used by CICS Transaction Gateway is vulnerable to a denial of service

Summary

jettison-json Jettison used by CICS Transaction Gateway is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2022-40149) and an out of memory flaw (CVE-2022-40150). CICS Transaction Gateway addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-40149
**DESCRIPTION:**jettison-json Jettison is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based buffer overflow. By sending a specially-crafted XML or JSON data, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to causes the parser to crash, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/236352 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-40150
**DESCRIPTION:**jettison-json Jettison is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of memory flaw. By sending a specially-crafted XML or JSON data, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to causes the parser to crash, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/236353 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Apply the applicable CICS Transaction Gateway APAR below.

Product

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VRMF

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APAR

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Remediation / First Fix

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CICS Transaction Gateway| 9.3| PH50737|

s930 Container:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FCICS+Transaction+Gateway+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=9.3.0.0-CICSTG-PH50737-s390xcontainer&source=SAR

x86 Container:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FCICS+Transaction+Gateway+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=9.3.0.0-CICSTG-PH50737-x86container&source=SAR

AIX:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FCICS+Transaction+Gateway+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=9.3.0.0-CICSTG-PH50737-AIX&source=SAR

ILNX:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FCICS+Transaction+Gateway+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=9.3.0.0-CICSTG-PH50737-ILNX&source=SAR

PLNX:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FCICS+Transaction+Gateway+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=9.3.0.0-CICSTG-PH50737-PLNX&source=SAR

PLXLE:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FCICS+Transaction+Gateway+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=9.3.0.0-CICSTG-PH50737-PLXLE&source=SAR

WIN:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FCICS+Transaction+Gateway+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=9.3.0.0-CICSTG-PH50737-WIN&source=SAR

ZLNX:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FCICS+Transaction+Gateway+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=9.3.0.0-CICSTG-PH50737&source=SAR

CICS Transaction Gateway| 9.2| PH50737|

AIX:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FCICS+Transaction+Gateway+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=9.2.0.2-CICSTG-PH50737-AIX&source=SAR

ILNX:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FCICS+Transaction+Gateway+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=9.2.0.2-CICSTG-PH50737-ILNX&source=SAR

HP:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FCICS+Transaction+Gateway+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=9.2.0.2-CICSTG-PH50737-HP&source=SAR

PLNX:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FCICS+Transaction+Gateway+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=9.2.0.2-CICSTG-PH50737-PLNX&source=SAR

SOL:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FCICS+Transaction+Gateway+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=9.2.0.2-CICSTG-PH50737-SOL&source=SAR

WIN:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FCICS+Transaction+Gateway+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=9.2.0.2-CICSTG-PH50737-WIN&source=SAR

ZLNX:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FCICS+Transaction+Gateway+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=9.2.0.2-CICSTG-PH50737&source=SAR

CICS Transaction Gateway| 9.1| PH50737|

AIX:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FCICS+Transaction+Gateway+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=9.1.0.3-CICSTG-PH50737-AIX&source=SAR

HP:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FCICS+Transaction+Gateway+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=9.1.0.3-CICSTG-PH50737-HP&source=SAR

ILNX:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FCICS+Transaction+Gateway+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=9.1.0.3-CICSTG-PH50737-ILNX&source=SAR

PLNX:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FCICS+Transaction+Gateway+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=9.1.0.3-CICSTG-PH50737-PLNX&source=SAR

SOL:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FCICS+Transaction+Gateway+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=9.1.0.3-CICSTG-PH50737-SOL&source=SAR

WIN:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FCICS+Transaction+Gateway+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=9.1.0.3-CICSTG-PH50737-WIN&source=SAR

ZLNX:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FCICS+Transaction+Gateway+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=9.1.0.3-CICSTG-PH50737&source=SAR

Workarounds and Mitigations

None