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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Java runtime from IBM affects IBM WebSphere MQ

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 6, 7 and 8 that are used by IBM MQ. These issues were disclosed as part of the Java SDK updates from IBM in April 2017.

Vulnerability Details

If you run your own Java code using the Java runtime environment from IBM delivered with this product, you should evaluate your code to determine whether the complete list of vulnerabilities are applicable to your code. For a complete list of vulnerabilities, refer to the “IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin”, located in the References section for more information.

CVEID: CVE-2017-3511
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE JCE component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/124890 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-3533
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Networking component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/124910 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-9840
DESCRIPTION: zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inftrees.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120508 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-9841
DESCRIPTION: zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inftrees.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120509 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-9842
DESCRIPTION: zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an undefined left shift of negative number. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120510 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-9843
DESCRIPTION: zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a big-endian out-of-bounds pointer. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120511 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM MQ 9.0.0.x Long Term Support (LTS)
Maintenance level 9.0.0.0 only for HP-UX and Solaris
Maintenance levels 9.0.0.0 and 9.0.0.1 for Windows, Linux and AIX

IBM MQ 9.0.x Continuous Delivery Release (CDR)
Continuous delivery update 9.0 and 9.0.2

IBM MQ Appliance 9.0.x
Update 9.0.1 and 9.0.2

IBM MQ 8.0
Maintenance levels between 8.0.0.0 and 8.0.0.6

IBM MQ Appliance 8.0
Maintenance levels between 8.0.0.0 and 8.0.0.6

WebSphere MQ 7.5
Maintenance levels between 7.5.0.0 and 7.5.0.7

WebSphere MQ 7.1
Maintenance levels between 7.1.0.0 and 7.1.0.8

Remediation/Fixes

IBM MQ 9.0.0.0
Apply fixpack 9.0.0.1 for HP-UX and Solaris
Apply fixpack 9.0.0.2 for Windows, Linux and AIX

IBM MQ 9.0, 9.0.2 and IBM MQ Appliance 9.0.x
Upgrade to IBM MQ 9.0.3

IBM MQ V8.0 & IBM MQ Appliance V8.0
Apply fix pack 8.0.0.7 or later maintenance

WebSphere MQ 7.5
Apply fix pack 7.5.0.8

WebSphere MQ 7.1
Apply iFix IT20034

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

06 Nov 2017: Updated applicable fix pack levels for MQ V9.0.0.x LTS, MQ V9.0.x CD, and MQ V8.0
13 Jul 2017: 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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Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

swg22005123