Security Bulletin: IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information by inclusion of sensitive data within trace. (CVE-2019-4619)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM MQ clients and queue managers, and IBM MQ Appliance could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information by inclusion of sensitive data within trace.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-4619
DESCRIPTION: IBM MQ could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information by inclusion of sensitive data within trace.
CVSS Base score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/168862 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
WebSphere MQ	7.1
WebSphere MQ	7.5
IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance	8.0
IBM MQ	9.0 LTS
IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance	9.1 LTS
IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance	9.1 CD

Remediation/Fixes

IBM WebSphere MQ V7.1
Contact IBM Support requesting a fix for APAR IT30830

IBM WebSphere MQ V7.5
Contact IBM Support requesting a fix for APAR IT30830

IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance V8
Apply FixPack 8.0.0.14

IBM MQ V9 LTS
Apply FixPack 9.0.0.9

IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance V9.1 LTS
Apply FixPack 9.1.0.4

IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance V9.1 CD
Apply FixPack 9.1.4

Workarounds and Mitigations

Avoid use of the -ftppassword parameter to runmqras.

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Change History

11 March 2020: Initial Publication
09 April 2020: Updated Workarounds and Mitigations

*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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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information by inclusion of sensitive data within trace. (CVE-2019-4619)