Security Bulletin
Summary
The IBM MQ Console is vulnerable to a man in the middle attack caused by weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2018-1925
DESCRIPTION: IBM MQ uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152925 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM MQ V9.1 LTS
v9.1.0.0 - 9.1.0.1
IBM MQ V9.1 CD
v9.1.1
Workarounds and Mitigations
Enable FIPS mode in your jvm.options file for the MQ Console by adding the following line:
-Dcom.ibm.jsse2.usefipsprovider=true
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References
Change History
10 April 2019: Original version 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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Internal Use Only
Product Record: 124510
Advisory: 13830
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Document Information
Modified date:
10 April 2019
UID
ibm10744713