Security Bulletin: IBM MQ is vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to an error within the Data Conversion logic. (CVE-2020-4310)

Security Bulletin

Summary

An issue was found within the data conversion logic that could cause a SIGSEGV and denial of service.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2020-4310
DESCRIPTION: IBM MQ and MQ Appliance 7.1, 7.5, 8.0, 9.0 LTS, 9.1 LTS, and 9.1 CD are vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to an error within the Data Conversion logic. IBM X-Force ID: 177081.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/177081 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM MQ Appliance	8.0
IBM MQ Appliance	9.1 LTS
IBM MQ Appliance	9.1 CD

Remediation/Fixes

IBM MQ Appliance 8
Apply FixPack 8.0.0.15

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 LTS
Apply FixPack 9.1.0.5

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 CD
Apply FixPack 9.1.5

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

26 Jun 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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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ is vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to an error within the Data Conversion logic. (CVE-2020-4310)