IBM Updates
3477Warning Date
Severity Level
Warning Number
Target Sector
27 January, 2020
● Medium
2020-848
All
Description:
IBM has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in the following products:
- IBM MQ 9.0 LTS
- IBM MQ 8.0
- IBM Security Secret Server
- IBM Content Navigator 3.0CD
- IBM MQ 9.1 CD
- IBM MQ 9.1 LTS
- IBM WebSphere MQ7.1
- IBM WebSphere MQ7.5
- IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3
- IBM Cloud Pak System 2.2
- IBM WIoTP MessageGateway 5.0.0.1
- IBM IoT MessageSight 5.0.0.0
- IBM IoT MessageSight 2.0
Threats:
Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:
- Execute arbitrary code
- Obtain sensitive information
- Buffer overflow
- Denial of service (DoS)
- Privilege escalation
- Information disclosure.
Best practice and Recommendations:
The CERT team encourages users to review IBM security advisory and apply the necessary updates:
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-mq-is-vulnerable-to-a-denial-of-service-attack-caused-by-an-error-within-the-clustering-code-cve-2019-4568/
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-a-security-vulnerability-has-been-identified-in-ibm-security-secret-server-cve-2019-4631/
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-content-navigator-discloses-operating-system-information-in-logon-response/
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-a-security-vulnerability-has-been-identified-in-ibm-security-secret-server-cve-2019-4636/
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-overly-permissive-cors-policy-vulnerability-found-on-ibm-security-secret-server-cve-2019-4633/
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-a-security-vulnerability-has-been-identified-in-ibm-security-secret-server-cve-2019-4635/
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-mq-is-vulnerable-to-a-denial-of-service-attack-caused-by-converting-an-invalid-message-cve-2019-4614/
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-mq-is-vulnerable-to-a-denial-of-service-attack-caused-by-converting-an-invalid-message-cve-2019-4614/
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-a-security-vulnerability-has-been-identified-in-ibm-security-secret-server-cve-2019-4637/
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-multiple-vulnerabilities-have-been-identified-in-ibm-security-secret-server/
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-a-security-vulnerability-has-been-identified-in-ibm-security-secret-server-cve-2019-4632/
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-a-security-vulnerability-has-been-identified-in-ibm-security-secret-server-cve-2019-4639/
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-vulnerability-in-ibm-websphere-application-server-liberty-used-by-ibm-cloud-pak-system-cve-2019-12402/
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-watson-iot-messagegateway-server-is-affected-by-a-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-cve-2020-4207/
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-a-security-vulnerability-has-been-identified-in-ibm-security-secret-server-cve-2019-4638/