Security Bulletin
Summary
Malformed header data in an MQ message could trigger a server-connection channel process to terminate, which might deny service to other connected clients using the same channel process.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2017-1433
DESCRIPTION: IBM MQ could allow an authenticated user to insert messages with a corrupt header into the channel, which would cause it to restart.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/127803 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM MQ V7.5
- Maintenance levels 7.5.0.0 - 7.5.0.8
IBM MQ V8.0
- Maintenance levels 8.0.0.0 - 8.0.0.7
IBM MQ V9 LTS
- Maintenance levels 9.0.0.0 - 9.0.0.1
Remediation/Fixes
IBM MQ V7.5
IBM MQ V8.0
IBM MQ V9 LTS
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
08 December 2017: Updated to list HP-UX as an affected platform.
07 December 2017: Updated with details of all affected versions.
16 Oct 2017: Intitial Version.
*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 Information
Modified date:
15 June 2018
UID
swg22005525