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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance is vulnerable to improper session invalidation (CVE-2022-40230)

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Summary

IBM MQ Appliance has resolved an improper session validation vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2022-40230
DESCRIPTION:   IBM MQ Appliance does not invalidate session after logout which could allow an authenticated user to impersonate another user on the system.
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235532 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM MQ Appliance9.3 LTS
IBM MQ Appliance9.2 CD
IBM MQ Appliance9.2 LTS
IBM MQ Appliance9.3 CD

Remediation/Fixes

This vulnerability is addressed under IT41997

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

IBM MQ Appliance version 9.2 LTS
Apply interim fix firmware for IT41997, or later firmware.
 
IBM MQ Appliance version 9.2 CD
Apply 9.2.5 CSU03, or later firmware.
 
IBM MQ Appliance version 9.3 LTS
Apply IBM MQ Appliance 9.3.0.2 fixpack, or later firmware.
 
IBM MQ Appliance version 9.3 CD

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

14 Sep 2022: Initial Publication
10 Feb 2023: Update of fix links

*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:
10 February 2023

UID

ibm16622051