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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance is affected by a kernel vulnerability (CVE-2018-5391)

Created by Adrian Dick on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/792535
792535

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM MQ Appliance has addressed the following kernel vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-5391
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of the reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and IPv6 packets by the IP implementation. By sending specially crafted IP fragments with random offsets, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust all available CPU resources and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148388 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 Long Term Support (LTS) Release
Maintenance levels between 9.1.0.0 and 9.1.0.1

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1.x Continuous Delivery (CD) Release
Continuous delivery updates 9.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 Long Term Support (LTS) Release
Apply  iFix IT27359 , or later.

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1.x Continuous Delivery (CD) Release
Apply  iFix IT27359 , or later.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

20 Feb 2019 : 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 14228
PSIRT product record 128537

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Document Information

Modified date:
20 February 2019

UID

ibm10792535