Security Bulletin
Summary
An issue was found within the IBM MQ Advanced Cloud Pak that would cause plain text passwords to be printed in the container logs. If these logs were mirrored to an external logging service, such as the logging service in IBM Cloud Private, then they would be visible there.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: IBM MQ Advanced Cloud Pak stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159465 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM MQ Advanced Cloud Pak (IBM Cloud Private)
v1.0.0 - v3.0.1
IBM MQ Advanced Cloud Pak (IBM Cloud Private on RedHat OpenShift)
v2.1.0 - v2.3.1
Remediation/Fixes
IBM MQ Advanced Cloud Pak (IBM Cloud Private)
Apply Fix IBM-MQ-Adv-Cloud-Pak-3.0.2 to upgrade to version v3.0.2
IBM MQ Advanced Cloud Pak (RedHat OpenShift)
Apply Fix IBM-MQ-Adv-Cloud-Pak-2.3.2-RHOS to upgrade to version v2.3.2
Workarounds and Mitigations
Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins
References
Change History
07 Jun 2019: Original version published
*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:
07 June 2019
UID
ibm10886591