Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Control Center is vulnerable to remote attack on MQXR service due to IBM WebSphere MQ (CVE-2015-4943)

Summary

IBM WebSphere MQ is used by IBM Sterling Control Center. IBM WebSphere MQ could allow a remote attacker to crash the MQXR service, and the issue has been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2015-4943
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM WebSphere MQ could allow a remote attacker to crash the MQXR service using asequence of connect and disconnects which will have to be restarted.
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/104516 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Product

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Version

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Remediation

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IBM Sterling Control Center

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6.2.1.0

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iFix07 available on Fix Central - 6.2.1.0

IBM Sterling Control Center|

6.2.0.0

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iFix07 available on Fix Central - 6.2.1.0

OR

iFix18 available on Fix Central - 6.2.0.0

NOTE: This is the last planned 6.2.0.0 iFix release package. Please plan for future Control Center upgrades to 6.2.1.0 iFix07 (or later).

Workarounds and Mitigations

None