Multiple vulnerabilities in CICS Transaction Gateway for Multiplatforms and CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition

Published: 2023-05-19

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2023-24998 CVE-2023-1436
CWE-ID	CWE-770 CWE-674
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	CICS Transaction Gateway Server applications / Other server solutions
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

EUVDB-ID: #VU72427

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-24998

CWE-ID: CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to Apache Commons FileUpload does not limit the number of request parts. A remote attacker can initiate a series of uploads and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

CICS Transaction Gateway: before 9.3.0.0

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6995177

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Uncontrolled Recursion

EUVDB-ID: #VU75431