CVE-2019-4239: Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Advanced Cloud Pak may print out plain text credentials in logs. (CVE-2019-4239)

Summary

An issue was found within the IBM MQ Advanced Cloud Pak that would cause plain text passwords to be printed in the container logs. If these logs were mirrored to an external logging service, such as the logging service in IBM Cloud Private, then they would be visible there.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-4239
DESCRIPTION: IBM MQ Advanced Cloud Pak stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159465 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM MQ Advanced Cloud Pak (IBM Cloud Private)

v1.0.0 - v3.0.1

IBM MQ Advanced Cloud Pak (IBM Cloud Private on RedHat OpenShift)

v2.1.0 - v2.3.1

Remediation/Fixes

Workarounds and Mitigations

none

References

Off

Change History

07 Jun 2019: Original version published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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