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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ is affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the IBM Runtime Environment, Java Technology Edition (CVE-2023-22081 and CVE-2023-5676)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Multiple issues were identified with IBM Runtime Environment, Java Technology Edition, Version 8 which is shipped with IBM MQ.

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-2023-5676
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)
IBM MQ 9.0 LTS
IBM MQ 9.1 LTS
IBM MQ 9.2 LTS
IBM MQ 9.3 LTS
IBM MQ 9.3 CD

The following installable MQ components are affected by the vulnerability:

- Java messaging
- Java JRE
- Telemetry Service
- Managed File Transfer
- AMQP Service
- REST API and Console
- IBM MQ Explorer

If you are running any of these listed components, please apply the remediation/fixes as described below. For more information on the definitions of components used in this list see https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/installable-component-names-used-ibm-mq-security-bulletins

Remediation/Fixes

These issues were resolved under APAR IT44961

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

14 Dec 2023: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
14 December 2023

UID

ibm17096711