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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance affected by account enumeration and denial of service vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-22356 and CVE-2022-22355)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM MQ Appliance has resolved account enumeration and denial of service vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2022-22356
DESCRIPTION:   IBM DataPower Gateway could allow an attacker to enumerate account credentials due to an observable discrepancy in valid and invalid login attempts.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/220487 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-22355
DESCRIPTION:   IBM MQ Appliance and IBM DataPower Gateway are vulnerable to a denial of service in the Login component of the application which could allow an attacker to cause a drop in performance.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/220486 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s) Version(s)
IBM MQ Appliance 9.2 CD
IBM MQ Appliance 9.2 LTS

Remediation/Fixes

These vulnerabilities are addressed under IT40182

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

IBM MQ Appliance version 9.2 LTS
Apply interim fix firmware for APAR IT40182, or later firmware.

IBM MQ Appliance version 9.2 CD
Apply interim fix firmware for APAR IT40182 , or later firmware.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

04 April 2022: 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:
04 April 2022

UID

ibm16564711