Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU81233

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in IBM CICS TX Advanced - CVE-2022-34308

Published: September 27, 2023

Vulnerability identifier: #VU81233

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34308

CWE-ID: CWE-770

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Affected software

IBM CICS TX Advanced
IBM CICS TX Standard

How to mitigate CVE-2022-34308

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM CICS TX Advanced - update to 11.1 127847

External References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6826647
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/229437
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6826645

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