SB2017120602 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM MQ
Published: December 6, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017120602
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1433)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can insert messages with a corrupt header into the channel and trigger and cause a server-connection channel process to terminate.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
2) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1339)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.The weakness exists due to use of weak encryption for the password. A database administrator can decrypt the client or administrator password to disclose important data or cause DoS condition on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.