Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM MQ Appliance has addressed the following man in the middle vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID:
CVE-2018-1663
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere DataPower Appliances could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144889
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM MQ Appliance 8.0
Maintenance levels between 8.0.0.0 and 8.0.0.10
IBM MQ Appliance 9.0.x Continuous Delivery (CD) Release
Continuous delivery updates 9.0.1 and 9.0.5
IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 Long Term Support (LTS) Release
Maintenance level 9.1.0.0
Remediation/Fixes
IBM MQ Appliance 8.0
Apply
fixpack 8.0.0.11
or later.
IBM MQ Appliance 9.0.x Continuous Delivery (CD) Release
Apply
9.1.0.1 Long Term Support (LTS) Release
, or
9.1.1 Continuous Delivery Release
or later.
IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 Long Term Support (LTS) Release
Apply
fixpack 9.1.0.1
or later.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Contact McNamee, Bill and Rocks, Jonathan for acknowledgement information
Change History
20 Dec 2018 : 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
Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.
Internal Use Only
PSIRT advisory 12323
PSIRT product record 119345
Coordinate with DP PR:116559
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Document Information
Modified date:
04 January 2019
UID
ibm10739237