Security Bulletin
Summary
An issue was identified in Eclipse that IBM MQ uses within IBM MQ Explorer.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-27225
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by the failure to authenticate active help requests to the local help web server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to issue active help commands to the associated Eclipse Platform process or Eclipse Rich Client Platform process.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/198134 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)
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by the failure to authenticate active help requests to the local help web server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to issue active help commands to the associated Eclipse Platform process or Eclipse Rich Client Platform process.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/198134 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)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM MQ | 9.2 LTS |
| IBM MQ | 9.2 CD |
| IBM MQ | 9.1 LTS |
| IBM MQ | 9.0 LTS |
Remediation/Fixes
This issue was resolved under the following APARs: IT36319 (IBM MQ Explorer 9.2 LTS and CD), IT36383 (IBM MQ Explorer 9.1) and IT36791 (IBM MQ Explorer 9.0).
IBM MQ 9.2 LTS
IBM MQ 9.2 CD
IBM MQ 9.1 LTS
IBM MQ 9.0 LTS
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
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Change History
5 Nov 2021: 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:
15 November 2021
UID
ibm16513983