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

Summary

IBM MQ and 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 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 WebSphere MQ V7.1
Contact IBM Support requesting a fix for APAR IT30928

IBM WepSphere MQ V7.5
Contact IBM Support requesting a fix for APAR IT30928

IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance V8
Apply FixPack 8.0.0.14

IBM MQ V9 LTS
Apply FixPack 9.0.0.9

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.