Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Console is vulnerable to a man in the middle attack (CVE-2018-1925)

Summary

The IBM MQ Console is vulnerable to a man in the middle attack caused by weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1925 DESCRIPTION: IBM MQ uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152925&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 V9.1 LTS

v9.1.0.0 - 9.1.0.1

IBM MQ V9.1 CD

v9.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

IBM MQ V9.1 LTS

Apply FixPack 9.1.0.2

IBM MQ V9.1 CD

Upgrade to v9.1.2

Workarounds and Mitigations

Enable FIPS mode in your jvm.options file for the MQ Console by adding the following line:

-Dcom.ibm.jsse2.usefipsprovider=true