Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance is affected by an unauthorized access vulnerability (CVE-2018-1668)

Summary

IBM MQ Appliance has addressed the following unauthorized access vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1668
**DESCRIPTION:*IBM WebSphere DataPower Appliances allows “null” logins which could give read access to IPMI data to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144894&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM MQ Appliance 8.0
Maintenance levels between 8.0.0.0 and 8.0.0.11

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 Long Term Support (LTS) Release
Maintenance levels between 9.1.0.0 and 9.1.0.1

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1.x Continuous Delivery (CD) Release
Continuous delivery update 9.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

IBM MQ Appliance 8.0
Apply iFix IT27359 , or later.

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 Long Term Support (LTS) Release
Apply iFix IT27359 , or later.

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1.x Continuous Delivery (CD) Release
Apply iFix IT27359 , or later.

Workarounds and Mitigations

Only affects the IBM MQ Appliance when the IPMI interface is enabled.