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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance is affected by an OpenSSL vulnerability (CVE-2020-1971)

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Summary

IBM MQ Appliance has resolved an OpenSSL vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-1971
DESCRIPTION:   OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference. If the GENERAL_NAME_cmp function contain an EDIPARTYNAME, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192748 for the current score.
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

Affected Product(s) Version(s)
IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 LTS
IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 CD
IBM MQ Appliance 9.2 LTS
IBM MQ Appliance 9.2 CD

Remediation/Fixes

This vulnerability is addressed by APAR IT35457.

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 LTS

Apply the interim fix for APAR IT35457, or later maintenance.

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 CD

Upgrade to IBM MQ CD 9.2.1 by applying the interim fix for APAR IT35457, or later maintenance.

IBM MQ Appliance 9.2 LTS

Apply the interim fix for APAR IT35457, or later maintenance.

IBM MQ Appliance 9.2 CD

Apply the interim fix for APAR IT35457, or later maintenance.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

16 Feb 2021: Initial Publication

*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:
03 March 2021

UID

ibm16403287