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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2021.3900
Security Bulletin: IBM MQ is vulnerable to an issue in
Eclipse (CVE-2020-27225)
16 November 2021
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM MQ
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Windows
Linux variants
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2020-27225
Original Bulletin:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6513983
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IBM MQ is vulnerable to an issue in Eclipse (CVE-2020-27225)
Document Information
Document number : 6513983
Modified date : 15 November 2021
Product : IBM MQ
Component : Explorer
Software version : 9.1.0, 9.2.0, 9.0.0
Operating system(s): Linux
Windows
Edition : All
Summary
An issue was identified in Eclipse that IBM MQ uses within IBM MQ Explorer.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-27225
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands
on the system, caused by the failure to authenticate active help requests to
the local help web server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to
issue active help commands to the associated Eclipse Platform process or
Eclipse Rich Client Platform process.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
198134 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
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|Affected Product(s) |Version(s)|
+--------------------+----------+
|IBM MQ |9.2 LTS |
+--------------------+----------+
|IBM MQ |9.2 CD |
+--------------------+----------+
|IBM MQ |9.1 LTS |
+--------------------+----------+
|IBM MQ |9.0 LTS |
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Remediation/Fixes
This issue was resolved under the following APARs: IT36319 (IBM MQ Explorer 9.2
LTS and CD), IT36383 (IBM MQ Explorer 9.1) and IT36791 (IBM MQ Explorer 9.0).
IBM MQ 9.2 LTS
Apply FixPack 9.2.0.2
IBM MQ 9.2 CD
Upgrade to IBM MQ 9.2.3 CD
IBM MQ 9.1 LTS
Apply Fixpack 9.1.0.8
IBM MQ 9.0 LTS
Apply FixPack 9.0.0.12
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
Change History
5 Nov 2021: Initial Publication
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