Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance is affected by FasterXML jackson-databind vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-36518)

Summary

IBM MQ Appliance has resolved FasterXML jackson-databind vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-36518
**DESCRIPTION:**FasterXML jackson-databind is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a Java StackOverflow exception. By using a large depth of nested objects, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/222319 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

**IBM X-Force ID:**217968
**DESCRIPTION:**FasterXML jackson-databind is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when using JDK serialization to serialize and deserialize JsonNode values. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217968 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

This vulnerability is addressed under IT40453

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

IBM MQ Appliance version 9.2 CD

Upgrade to 9.2.5 CD CSU01, or later firmware.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None