Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance is affected by a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability (CVE-2018-1669)

Summary

IBM MQ Appliance has addressed the following XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1669
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere DataPower Appliances is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144950&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM MQ Appliance 8.0
Maintenance levels between 8.0.0.0 and 8.0.0.10

IBM MQ Appliance 9.0.x Continuous Delivery (CD) Release
Continuous delivery updates 9.0.1 and 9.0.5

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 Long Term Support (LTS) Release
Maintenance level 9.1.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM MQ Appliance 8.0
Apply fixpack 8.0.0.11 or later.

IBM MQ Appliance 9.0.x Continuous Delivery (CD) Release
Apply 9.1.0.1 Long Term Support (LTS) Release , or 9.1.1 Continuous Delivery Release or later.

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 Long Term Support (LTS) Release
Apply fixpack 9.1.0.1 or later.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None