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
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
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.
Disclaimer
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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