Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2019-4719)

Summary

IBM MQ Appliance could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information by inclusion of sensitive data within runmqras data.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-4719
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance 7.1, 7.5, 8.0, 9.0 LTS, 9.1 LTS, and 9.1 CD could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information by inclusion of sensitive data within runmqras data.
CVSS Base score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/172124 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance V8
Apply FixPack 8.0.0.14

IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance V9.1 LTS
Apply FixPack 9.1.0.4

IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance V9.1 CD
Apply FixPack 9.1.4

Workarounds and Mitigations

Avoid use of the -ftppassword parameter to runmqras.