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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ is affected by multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime

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Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Runtime Environment Java Version 7 and 8 used by IBM MQ. IBM MQ have addressed the applicable CVEs. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2019.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-2964
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Concurrency component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/169270 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2019-2978
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Networking component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/169284 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2019-2983
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Serialization component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/169289 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM MQ9.1 LTS
IBM MQ9.0 LTS
IBM MQ8.0
IBM MQ9.1 CD

Remediation/Fixes

IBM MQ 9.1 Long Term Support (LTS)
Apply Fix Pack 9.1.0.5

IBM MQ 9.1 Continuous Delivery Release (CDR)
Apply Continuous Delivery Release Update 9.1.5

IBM MQ 9.0.0.x Long Term Support (LTS)
Apply Fix Pack 9.0.0.9

IBM MQ V8.0
Apply Fix Pack 8.0.0.14

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

Change History

04 Feb 2020: Initial Publication
18 May 2020:  Added FP 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:
18 May 2020

Initial Publish date:
04 February 2020

UID

ibm16210349

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