Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM MQ Appliance has resolved a denial of service vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2018-18066
DESCRIPTION: Net-SNMP is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in snmp_oid_compare in snmplib/snmp_api.c. By sending a specially-crafted UDP packet, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the instance to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150992 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)
DESCRIPTION: Net-SNMP is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in snmp_oid_compare in snmplib/snmp_api.c. By sending a specially-crafted UDP packet, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the instance to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150992 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 Appliance | 9.1 LTS |
| IBM MQ Appliance | 9.1 CD |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 LTS
Apply fixpack 9.1.0.6, or later.
IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 CDApply IBM MQ Appliance 9.2, or later.
Workarounds and Mitigations
Only affects IBM MQ Appliance when configured in a High Availability group.
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References
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Change History
20 Jul 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:
23 July 2020
UID
ibm16252419