Security Bulletin: IBM MQ certified container is vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities within IBM MQ.(CVE-2019-4655, CVE-2019-4560, CVE-2019-4614, CVE-2019-4620)

Security Bulletin

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities were found within IBM MQ which is packaged with the IBM MQ certified container.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-4655
DESCRIPTION: IBM MQ 9.1.0.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1.0.2, 9.1.0.3, 9.1.1, 9.1.2, and 9.1.3 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack that would allow an authenticated user to reset client connections due to an error within the Data Conversion routine. IBM X-Force ID: 170966.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/170966 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2019-4560
DESCRIPTION: IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 CD, 9.1 LTS, 9.0 LTS, and 8.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by channels processing poorly formatted messages. IBM X-Force ID: 166357.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/166357 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2019-4614
DESCRIPTION: IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance 8.0 and 9.0 LTS client connecting to a Queue Manager could cause a SIGSEGV denial of service caused by converting an invalid message. IBM X-Force ID: 168639.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/168639 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2019-4620
DESCRIPTION: IBM MQ Appliance 8.0 and 9.0 LTS could allow a local attacker to bypass security restrictions caused by improper validation of environment variables. IBM X-Force ID: 168863.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/168863 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM MQ certified container	4.x.x CD

Remediation/Fixes

IBM MQ certified container

Upgrade to IBM MQ Certified Container 5.0.0 by downloading it via the IBM entitled registry

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Change History

26 Feb 2020: 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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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ certified container is vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities within IBM MQ.(CVE-2019-4655, CVE-2019-4560, CVE-2019-4614, CVE-2019-4620)