Security Bulletin
Summary
A vulnerability was discovered in golang which is used to create the control programs used by IBM MQ certified container.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2019-17596
DESCRIPTION: Golang Go is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when verifying invalid DSA public key. By sending a specially-crafted request containing an invalid DSA public key, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/170191 for the current score.
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
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM MQ certified Container | 4.x.x CD |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
26 Feb 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:
26 February 2020
UID
ibm13546351