IBM CICS TX Standard/CICS TX Advanced 10.1/11.1 DNS Return Request out-of-bounds write

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in IBM CICS TX Standard and CICS TX Advanced 10.1/11.1. This impacts an unknown function of the component DNS Return Request Handler. Performing a manipulation results in out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-1329. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in IBM CICS TX Standard and CICS TX Advanced 10.1/11.1. This affects some unknown processing of the component DNS Return Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM CICS TX Standard 11.1 and IBM CICS TX Advanced 10.1 and 11.1 could allow a local user to execute arbitrary code on the system due to failure to handle DNS return requests by the gethostbyaddr function.

The advisory is shared at ibm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-1329 since 02/15/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/09/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Out-of-bounds write
CWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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02/15/2025 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-1329 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-1329
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-308097

Entryinfo

Created: 05/09/2025 07:03
Changes: 05/09/2025 07:03 (64)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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