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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance is affected by a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability (CVE-2018-1669)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM MQ Appliance has addressed the following XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1669
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere DataPower Appliances is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144950 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)

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
Continuous delivery updates 9.0.1 and 9.0.5


IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 Long Term Support (LTS) Release
Maintenance level 9.1.0.0

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 9.1.0.1 Long Term Support (LTS) Release , or 9.1.1 Continuous Delivery Release or later.


IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 Long Term Support (LTS) Release
Apply fixpack 9.1.0.1 or later.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

McNamee, Bill and Rocks, Jonathan

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.

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Internal Use Only

PSIRT Advisory 12278
PSIRT Product Record 124018

Coordinate with DP PR:116493

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Document Information

Modified date:
04 January 2019

UID

ibm10739229

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