Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Operator and Queue manager container images are vulnerable to libssh, Linux-pam ,Kerberos 5, systemd and idna packages/liberaries.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2023-6004
DESCRIPTION:   libssh could allow a local authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by a flaw in the ProxyCommand handling. By sending a specially crafted request using hostname in expanded proxycommand, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
CVSS Base score: 3.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/275743 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-6918
DESCRIPTION:   libssh is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an unchecked return value flaw for the abstract layer for message digest (MD) operations. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/275423 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-27256
DESCRIPTION:   IBM MQ Container uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/283906 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-22365
DESCRIPTION:   Linux-pam is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in pam_namespace.so. By sending a specially crafted request, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279864 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-26458
DESCRIPTION:   Kerberos 5 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory leak in /krb5/src/lib/rpc/pmap_rmt.c. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/284479 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-7008
DESCRIPTION:   systemd is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, caused by a flaw with able to accept records of DNSSEC-signed domains even when they have no signature. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch a man-in-the-middle attack and gain access to the communication channel between endpoints to manipulate records.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/280246 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-3651
DESCRIPTION:   idna could allow a local user to cause a denial of service using a specially crafted argument to the idna.encode() function and consume system resources.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/289330 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)