Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM MQ Appliance has resolved Pacemaker vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2018-16878
DESCRIPTION: Pacemaker is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an insufficient verification inflicted preference of uncontrolled processes. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159858 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-2018-16877
DESCRIPTION: Pacemaker could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a flaw in the authentication in the client server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159859 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2019-3885
DESCRIPTION: Pacemaker could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a use-after-free flaw. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information from the system logs.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159857 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
DESCRIPTION: Pacemaker is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an insufficient verification inflicted preference of uncontrolled processes. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159858 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-2018-16877
DESCRIPTION: Pacemaker could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a flaw in the authentication in the client server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159859 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2019-3885
DESCRIPTION: Pacemaker could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a use-after-free flaw. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information from the system logs.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159857 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM MQ Appliance | 9.1 LTS |
| IBM MQ Appliance | 9.1 CD |
Remediation/Fixes
Workarounds and Mitigations
Only affects IBM MQ Appliances configured as part of a Highly Available group, where the appliances are not directly connected.
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Change History
18 Dec 2020: Initial Publication
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
18 December 2020
UID
ibm16388650