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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance is affected by a denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2018-1677)

Created by Adrian Dick on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/717521
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Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM MQ Appliance has addressed a denial of service vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1677
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere DataPower Appliances and IBM MQ Appliance are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of full file system. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/145171 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM MQ Appliance 8.0

Maintenance levels between 8.0.0.0 and 8.0.0.10

IBM MQ Appliance 9.0.x Continuous Delivery (CD) Release

Maintenance levels between 9.0.1 and 9.0.5

Remediation/Fixes

IBM MQ Appliance 8.0

Apply fixpack 8.0.0.11 , or later.

IBM MQ Appliance 9.0.x Continuous Delivery (CD) Release

Apply 9.1 Long Term Support (LTS) release , or 9.1.1 Continuous Delivery Release or later.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

20 December 2018 : Original version published

*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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Internal Use Only

PSIRT PR: 117024 A:12446

Coordinate with DP PR:127501

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Document Information

Modified date:
04 January 2019

UID

ibm10717521