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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ certain file URLs could cause a buffer overwrite (CVE-2017-9502)

Created by Robert Parker on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/563807
563807

Security Bulletin


Summary

A problem within the libcurl library means certain file URLs could cause a buffer overwrite within IBM MQ.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-9502
DESCRIPTION: libcurl is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by a flaw in the file protocol. By sending a specially-crafted file URL, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privilege.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/127254 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM MQ V9 LTS

  • IBM MQ V9 LTS Versions 9.0.0.0 - 9.0.0.1

IBM MQ V9 CD
  • IBM MQ V9 CD Versions 9.0.1 - 9.0.3

Remediation/Fixes

IBM MQ V9 LTS


IBM MQ V9 CD

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

11 Nov 2017: Initial version

*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

swg22005401

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