Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM MQ Light contains a vulnerability in which authentication is bypassed by MQTT clients with the "JAASConfig" configuration property set.
Vulnerability Details
CVE ID: CVE-2014-6116
DESCRIPTION: IBM MQ Light contains a vulnerability in which authentication is bypassed by MQTT clients with the "JAASConfig" configuration property set.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96213 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM MQ Light V1.0 on all platforms.
The version of IBM MQ Light can be determined by running "mqlight-config --version". A V1.0 installation will return text containing:
Name: IBM MQ Light
Version: 1.0
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to the latest version of IBM MQ Light.
The following link describes how to re-use the data from a V1.0 installation using an upgraded installation:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSBJCR_1.0.0/com.ibm.mq.koa.doc/tmql_data.htm
Please note that the use of MQTT clients with IBM MQ Light is not supported.
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References
*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 Information
Modified date:
15 June 2018
UID
swg21690883