Security Bulletin
Summary
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Integration Servers could cause a Denial of Service or a buffer overflow when communicating with an MQ server due to CVE-2020-4375 and CVE-2020-4465.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-4375
DESCRIPTION: IBM MQ, IBM MQ Appliance, IBM MQ for HPE NonStop 8.0, 9.1 CD, and 9.1 LTS could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service due to a memory leak caused by an error creating a dynamic queue. IBM X-Force ID: 179080.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179080 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)
CVEID: CVE-2020-4465
DESCRIPTION: IBM MQ, IBM MQ Appliance, and IBM MQ for HPE NonStop 8.0, 9.1 CD, and 9.1 LTS is vulnerable to a buffer overflow vulnerability due to an error within the channel processing code. A remote attacker could overflow the buffer using an older client and cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 181562.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181562 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| App Connect Enterprise Certified Container | 1.0.0 with Operator |
| App Connect Enterprise Certified Container | 1.0.1 with Operator |
| App Connect Enterprise Certified Container | 1.0.2 with Operator |
| App Connect Enterprise Certified Container | 1.0.3 with Operator |
| App Connect Enterprise Certified Container | 1.0.4 with Operator |
| App Connect Enterprise Certified Container | 1.0.5 with Operator |
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container to Operator version 1.1.0 (available in CASE 1.1.0) or higher, and ensure that any Integration Server components are upgraded to 11.0.0.10-r3 or higher
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
09 Dec 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:
10 December 2020
Initial Publish date:
09 December 2020
UID
ibm16380780