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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ is affected by a vulnerability within cURL libcurl (CVE-2019-15601)

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Summary

An issue was identified within the libcurl library supplied by IBM MQ which is used for CCDT URL functionality.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-15601
DESCRIPTION:   cURL libcurl could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper input validation. By creating a `FILE:` URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain access to a remote file using SMB.
CVSS Base score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174079 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s) Version(s)
IBM MQ 9.1 LTS
IBM MQ 9.0 LTS
IBM MQ 9.1 CD

Remediation/Fixes

IBM MQ 9.0 LTS

Apply Fix Pack 9.0.0.9

IBM MQ 9.1 LTS

Apply Fix Pack 9.1.0.5

IBM MQ 9.1 CD

Upgrade to IBM MQ 9.1.5

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

7 April 2020: 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 April 2020

UID

ibm14809381