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Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Control Center is vulnerable to remote attack on MQXR service due to IBM WebSphere MQ (CVE-2015-4943)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM WebSphere MQ is used by IBM Sterling Control Center. IBM WebSphere MQ could allow a remote attacker to crash the MQXR service, and the issue has been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2015-4943
DESCRIPTION:   IBM WebSphere MQ could allow a remote attacker to crash the MQXR service using asequence of connect and disconnects which will have to be restarted.
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/104516 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Sterling Control Center6.2.1.0
IBM Sterling Control Center6.2.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product

Version

Remediation

IBM Sterling Control Center

6.2.1.0

iFix07 available on Fix Central - 6.2.1.0

IBM Sterling Control Center

6.2.0.0

iFix07 available on Fix Central - 6.2.1.0

OR

iFix18 available on Fix Central - 6.2.0.0

NOTE: This is the last planned 6.2.0.0 iFix release package. Please plan for future Control Center upgrades to 6.2.1.0 iFix07 (or later).

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

26 May 2022: Initial Publication
13 June 2022: Provided additional/optional 6.2.0.0 Remediation via upgrade to 6.2.0.0 iFix18 (last planned 6.2.0.0 iFix).

*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:
13 June 2022

Initial Publish date:
26 May 2022

UID

ibm16590299