Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance potential execution of arbitrary commands (CVE-2017-1318)

Summary

There is potential for an authenticated messaging administrator to execute arbitrary commands on the IBM MQ Appliance.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-1318 DESCRIPTION: IBM MQ Appliance could allow an authenticated messaging administrator to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by command execution.
CVSS Base Score: 9.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125730&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM MQ Appliance 8.0
Maintenance levels between 8.0.0.0 and 8.0.0.6

IBM MQ Appliance 9.0.x Continuous Delivery (CD) Release
Continuous delivery updates 9.0.1 and 9.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

IBM MQ Appliance 8.0

Apply fixpack 8.0.0.7 or later maintenance.

IBM MQ Appliance 9.0.x Continuous Delivery (CD) release

Apply continuous delivery update 9.0.3 or later.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None