Security Bulletin
Summary
An issue was found in Eclipse Jetty that is shipped with the MQ Explorer component of IBM MQ.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse Jetty could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a race condition in the creation of the temporary subdirectory. By sending a specially-crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190474 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM MQ | 9.0 |
| IBM MQ | 9.1 LTS |
| IBM MQ | 9.2 CD |
| IBM MQ | 9.2 LTS |
Remediation/Fixes
Apply FixPack 9.2.0.2 or later
IBM MQ 9.2 CD
Upgrade to IBM MQ 9.2.1 or newer CD release
Workarounds and Mitigations
Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins
References
Change History
28 Jan 2021: Initial Publication
05 Oct 2021: Included details for fixes available in 9.1 & 9.0 versions of MQ that were incorrectly missed before.
*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.
Disclaimer
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
06 October 2021
UID
ibm16409546