Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance is affected by a denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2020-4869)

Created by Secure Enginee… on Fri, 01/08/2021 - 04:25
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6398791
6398791

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM MQ Appliance has resolved a denial of service vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-4869
DESCRIPTION:   IBM MQ Appliance is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a buffer overflow. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted SNMP query to cause the appliance to reload.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190831 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

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

Remediation/Fixes

This vulnerability is addressed by APAR IT34178.
IBM MQ Appliance 9.2 LTS

Apply fixpack 9.2.0.1, or later maintenance.

IBM MQ Appliance 9.2 CD

Apply interim fix firmware for APAR IT34178, or later maintenance.

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

07 Jan 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.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
08 January 2021

UID

ibm16398791

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