Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance is affected by a command injection vulnerability (CVE-2019-4294)

Summary

IBM MQ Appliance has addressed the following command injection vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-4294
**DESCRIPTION:*IBM DataPower and IBM MQ Appliance could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by a command injection vulnerability.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/160701&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM MQ Appliance 8.0
Maintenance levels between 8.0.0.0 and 8.0.0.12

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 Long Term Support (LTS) Release
Maintenance levels between 9.1.0.0 and 9.1.0.2

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1.x Continuous Delivery (CD) Release
Continuous delivery updates between 9.1.1 and 9.1.2

Remediation/Fixes

IBM MQ Appliance 8.0
Apply iFix IT29355, or later.

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 Long Term Support (LTS) Release
Apply fixpack 9.1.0.3, or later.

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1.x Continuous Delivery (CD) Release
Upgrade to IBM MQ Appliance 9.1.3 , or later.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None