SB2017121104 - Security restrictions bypass in IBM MQ
Published: December 11, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017121104
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1341)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions and access arbitrary file on the target system.The weakness exists due to MQOPEN call might succeed when it should have failed. A remote attacker can use generic profile authority matching for remotely defined MQ object and access the object which he is denied to access.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.