IBM WebSphere MQ 9.0.1 < 9.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 101838

Synopsis

A message queuing service installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the IBM WebSphere MQ server installed on the remote Windows host is 9.0.1 or 9.0.2 prior to 9.0.3.
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- An information disclosure vulnerability exists due to the insecure transmission of credentials in cleartext. A man-in-the-middle attacker can exploit this to disclose password information. Note that the software is only affected when PASSWORDPROTECTION=ALWAYS is set in mqclient.ini. (CVE-2017-1337)

- An information disclosure vulnerability exists in WebSphere Application server traces when establishing CLIENT transport mode connections. A local attacker can exploit this to disclose sensitive information including passwords. (CVE-2017-1284)

- A denial of service vulnerability exists due to improper handling of invalid messages. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause an SDR or CLUSSDR channel to stop processing messages.

Solution

Upgrade to WebSphere MQ version 9.0.3 or later.

See Also

https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22003851

https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22003853

https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22003856

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 101838

File Name: websphere_mq_swg22003851.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/20/2017

Updated: 11/12/2019

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1337

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_mq

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, installed_sw/IBM WebSphere MQ

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1284, CVE-2017-1285, CVE-2017-1337

BID: 99493, 99494, 99538