Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM MQ Appliance has resolved follow-redirects vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: follow-redirects could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an unauthorized actor. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain private personal information and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216974 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2022-0536
DESCRIPTION: Node.js follow-redirects module could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a leakage of the Authorization header from the same hostname during HTTPS to HTTP redirection. By using man-in-the-middle attack techniques, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain Authorization header information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 2.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/219551 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/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 |
Remediation/Fixes
Workarounds and Mitigations
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References
Change History
07 Jul 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
More support for:
IBM MQ Appliance
Software version:
9.2.0.0, 9.2.0.1, 9.2.0.2, 9.2.0.3, 9.2.0.4, 9.2.0.5, 9.2.1, 9.2.2, 9.2.3, 9.2.4, 9.2.5
Operating system(s):
Appliance
Document number:
6603409
Modified date:
14 July 2022
UID
ibm16603409