Security Bulletin
Summary
There is a vulnerability in OpenSSL used by IBM MQ Appliance. IBM MQ Appliance has addressed the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-8610
DESCRIPTION: The SSL/TLS protocol is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when processing ALERT packets during a SSL handshake. By sending specially-crafted plain-text ALERT packets, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available CPU resources. Note: This vulnerability is called "SSL-Death-Alert".
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118296 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM MQ Appliance 8.0
Maintenance levels between 8.0.0.0 and 8.0.0.6
IBM MQ Appliance 9.0.x Continuous Delivery (CD) Release
Continuous delivery updates 9.0.1 and 9.0.2
Remediation/Fixes
IBM MQ Appliance 8.0
Apply fixpack 8.0.0.7
IBM MQ Appliance 9.0.x Continuous Delivery (CD) release
Apply continuous delivery update 9.0.3
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
06 June 2017 Original version published
14 July 2017 Update to include IBM MQ Appliance 8.0
*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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Internal Use Only
Advisory ID 7887
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Document Information
Modified date:
13 August 2019
UID
swg22000609