Security Bulletin: IBM MQ is affected by a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2023-28514)

Summary

An issue was identified with IBM MQ tracing logic that meant under certain circumstances sensitive data could be captured while IBM MQ trace was running. This data would be stored in plain text within the IBM MQ trace files.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-28514
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM MQ could allow a local user to obtain sensitive credential information when a detailed technical error message is returned in a stack trace.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/250398 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

The following installable MQ components are affected by the vulnerability:

- Runtime

If you are running any of these listed components, please apply the remediation/fixes as described below. For more information on the definitions of components used in this list see <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/installable-component-names-used-ibm-mq-security-bulletins&gt;

Remediation/Fixes

This issue was resolved under APAR IT43079

IBM MQ 8.0

Users with an appropriate extended support entitlement should contact IBM support.

IBM MQ 9.0 LTS

Apply cumulative security update 9.0.0.16

IBM MQ 9.1 LTS

Apply FixPack 9.1.0.15

IBM MQ 9.1 CD

Upgrade to IBM MQ 9.1.4 CD or later

Workarounds and Mitigations

None