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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Blockchain bridge is vulnerable to an issue within fabric gateway (CVE-2022-24329)

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Summary

An issue was identified within the JetBrains Kotlin library that is used by Fabric Gateway. IBM MQ uses Fabric Gateway to provide blockchain bridge support.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2022-24329
DESCRIPTION:   JetBrains Kotlin could provide weaker than expected security, caused by failing to lock dependencies for Multiplatform Gradle Projects. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch further attacks on the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/220617 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s) Version(s)
IBM MQ 9.3 CD
IBM MQ 9.3 LTS
IBM MQ 9.2 LTS
IBM MQ 9.2 CD

Remediation/Fixes

This issue was resolved under APAR IT41568.

IBM MQ 9.2 LTS

Apply FixPack 9.2.0.6

IBM MQ 9.3 LTS

Apply FixPack 9.3.0.1

IBM MQ 9.2 CD and 9.3 CD

Upgrade to IBM MQ 9.3.0 and apply FixPack 9.3.0.1

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

26 September 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:
27 September 2022

UID

ibm16823771