Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance is affected by a man in the middle vulnerability (CVE-2018-1663)

Summary

IBM MQ Appliance has addressed the following man in the middle vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1663
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere DataPower Appliances could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144889&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM MQ Appliance 8.0
Maintenance levels between 8.0.0.0 and 8.0.0.10

IBM MQ Appliance 9.0.x Continuous Delivery (CD) Release
Continuous delivery updates 9.0.1 and 9.0.5

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 Long Term Support (LTS) Release
Maintenance level 9.1.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM MQ Appliance 8.0
Apply fixpack 8.0.0.11 or later.

IBM MQ Appliance 9.0.x Continuous Delivery (CD) Release
Apply 9.1.0.1 Long Term Support (LTS) Release , or 9.1.1 Continuous Delivery Release or later.

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 Long Term Support (LTS) Release
Apply fixpack 9.1.0.1 or later.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None