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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance is affected by a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2020-5008)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM MQ Appliance has resolved a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability initially reported by the IBM DataPower Gateway.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-5008
DESCRIPTION:   IBM DataPower Gateway 10.0.0.0 through 10.0.1.0 and 2018.4.1.0 through 2018.4.1.14 store sensitive information in GET request parameters. This may lead to information disclosure if unauthorized parties have access to the URLs via server logs, referrer header or browser history. IBM X-Force ID: 193033.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/193033 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s) Version(s)
IBM MQ Appliance 9.2 CD
IBM MQ Appliance 9.2 LTS
IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 CD
IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 LTS

Remediation/Fixes

This vulnerability is addressed under APAR IT37174.
IBM MQ Appliance version 9.1 LTS
Apply fixpack 9.1.0.9, or later firmware.
IBM MQ Appliance version 9.1 CD
Upgrade to 9.2.3 CD release, or later firmware.
IBM MQ Appliance version 9.2 LTS
Apply fixpack 9.2.0.3, or later firmware.
IBM MQ Appliance version 9.2 CD
Upgrade to 9.2.3 CD release, or later firmware.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

06 Oct 2021: 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:
07 October 2021

UID

ibm16466727