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Security Bulletin: App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Integration Servers could allow information exposure when using MQ (CVE-2020-4498)

Security Bulletin


Summary

App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Integration Servers could allow a local privileged user to obtain highly sensitive information due to inclusion of data within trace files when communicating with an MQ server due to CVE-2020-4498.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-4498
DESCRIPTION:   IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 LTS and 9.1 CD could allow a local privileged user to obtain highly sensitve information due to inclusion of data within trace files. IBM X-Force ID: 182118.
CVSS Base score: 4.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/182118 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container1.0.0 with Operator
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container1.0.1 with Operator
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container1.0.2 with Operator
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container1.0.3 with Operator
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container1.0.4 with Operator
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container1.0.5 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

This is only applicable if an Integration Server container is attempting to collect MQ trace.

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

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.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
10 December 2020

Initial Publish date:
09 December 2020

UID

ibm16380782

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