Security restrictions bypass in IBM MQ - CVE-2017-1341
Published: December 11, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9610
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1341
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
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.
Affected software
IBM MQ
How to mitigate CVE-2017-1341
Update to version 8.0.0.8, 9.0.0.2 or 9.0.4.