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Published:

19 December 2019

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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2019.4712
           Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance is affected by a
                 libcgroup vulnerability (CVE-2018-14348)
                             19 December 2019

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           IBM MQ Appliance
Publisher:         IBM
Operating System:  Network Appliance
Impact/Access:     Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2018-14348  

Reference:         ESB-2019.2979
                   ESB-2018.2489
                   ESB-2018.2446

Original Bulletin: 
   https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1126839

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IBM MQ Appliance is affected by a libcgroup vulnerability (CVE-2018-14348)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM MQ Appliance has addressed the following libcgroup vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-14348
DESCRIPTION: libcgroup up to and including 0.41 creates /var/log/cgred with
mode 0666 regardless of the configured umask, leading to disclosure of
information.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
148451 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

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|Affected Product(s) |Version(s)|
+--------------------+----------+
|IBM MQ Appliance    |9.1 CD    |
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|IBM MQ Appliance    |9.1 LTS   |
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Remediation/Fixes

IBM MQ Appliance version 9.1 LTS
Apply fix pack 9.1.0.4 , or later.
IBM MQ Appliance version 9.1 CD
Apply continuous delivery release 9.1.4 , or later.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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