Security Bulletin
Summary
An IBM MQ application with authority to connect to a remote queue manager could send a malicious request that could cause undefined behaviour within the channel process servicing that connection, including a loss of service for other connections being serviced by the same channel process.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2017-1557
DESCRIPTION: IBM MQ could allow an authenticated user with authority to send a specially crafted request that could cause a channel process to cease processing further requests.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131547 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance v8.0.0.0 to v8.0.0.7
IBM MQ v9.0.0.0 LTS to v9.0.0.1 LTS
IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance v9.0.1 CD to v9.0.3 CD
Remediation/Fixes
IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance v8.0.0.0 to v8.0.0.7
Apply fix pack 8.0.0.8
IBM MQ v9.0.0.0 LTS to v9.0.0.1 LTS
Apply fix pack 9.0.0.2
IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance v9.0.1 CD to v9.0.3 CD
Apply IBM MQ 9.0.4
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
22 Dec 2017 - Original 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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
15 June 2018
UID
swg22004378