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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ is vulnerable to an issue within Jackson

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Summary

An issue was identified with the Jackson library that is used within the IBM MQ Console to provide REST API functionality. The Jackson library is only used in IBM MQ Versions 9.2.4 and above.

Vulnerability Details

IBM X-Force ID:   217968
DESCRIPTION:   FasterXML jackson-databind is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when using JDK serialization to serialize and deserialize JsonNode values. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217968 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s) Version(s)
IBM MQ 9.2 CD

Remediation/Fixes

This issue was resolved under APAR IT40453

IBM MQ Version 9.2.4 CD and IBM MQ Version 9.2.5 CD

Upgrade to IBM MQ Version 9.3

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

24 June 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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
24 June 2022

UID

ibm16598371