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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance is affected by weak cryptographic algorithms (CVE-2018-1665)

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Summary

IBM MQ Appliance has addressed the following weak cryptographic algorithms vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1665
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere DataPower Appliances uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144891 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

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

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Acknowledgement

Contact McNamee, Bill and Rocks, Jonathan for acknowledgement information

Change History

20 Dec 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

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Internal Use Only

PSIRT advisory 12325
PSIRT product record 119337

Coordinate with DP PR:116561

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Document Information

Modified date:
04 January 2019

UID

ibm10739239