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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance is affected by a Network Security Services (NSS) vulnerability (CVE-2017-7805)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM MQ Appliance has addressed a vulnerability in Network Security Services (NSS).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-7805
DESCRIPTION: Network Security Services could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free in TLS 1.2 generating handshake hashes. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted website, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using unknown attack vectors to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/132749 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM MQ Appliance 8.0

Maintenance levels between 8.0.0.0 and 8.0.0.7


IBM MQ Appliance 9.0.x Continuous Delivery (CD) Release

Continuous delivery updates between 9.0.1 and 9.0.3

Remediation/Fixes

IBM MQ Appliance 8.0

Apply fixpack 8.0.0.8


IBM MQ Appliance 9.0.x Continuous Delivery (CD) Release

Apply Continuous Delivery Release 9.0.4

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

12 December 2017 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.

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Internal Use Only

Advisory ID    9860
Product Record ID    102868

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Document Information

Modified date:
13 August 2019

UID

swg22009842