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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance affected by a password hash that provides insufficient protection (CVE-2022-22321)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM MQ Appliance has remedied a password hash that provides insufficient protection.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2022-22321
DESCRIPTION:   IBM MQ Appliance local messaging users stored with a password hash that provides insufficient protection.
CVSS Base score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/218368 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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

Remediation/Fixes

This vulnerability is addressed under APAR IT39829.
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.
IBM MQ Appliance version 9.2 LTS
Apply fixpack 9.2.0.5, or later firmware.
IBM MQ Appliance version 9.2 CD
Upgrade to 9.2.5 CD, or later firmware.
Additional steps
Passwords for local messaging users set prior to installation of the indicated firmware versions should be updated.
See IBM Documentation for the IBM MQ Appliance for further details on updating local messaging user passwords.

Workarounds and Mitigations

There are two types of user on the IBM MQ Appliance: appliance users, and messaging users. Appliance users are users that can administer the appliance and IBM MQ resources. Messaging users are users that can perform operations on messaging resources.

Only internally stored messaging users are affected.

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

07 Feb 2022: 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

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
28 February 2022

Initial Publish date:
07 February 2022

UID

ibm16560042

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