IBM MQ 9.1.0.x LTS < 9.1.0.2 LTS / 9.1.1 CD Console Weak Cryptography Man in the Middle Vulnerability (CVE-2018-1925)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 124567

Synopsis

A message queuing service installed on the remote host is affected by a man in the middle vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the IBM MQ server installed on the remote host is 9.1.0.x LTS < 9.1.0.2 LTS, or 9.1.1 CD and is therefore affected by an unspecified man in the middle vulnerability in the IBM MQ Console due to weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms.

Solution

Upgrade to IBM MQ 9.1.2 CD or IBM MQ 9.1.0.2 LTS as per the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10744713

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 124567

File Name: websphere_mq_ibm10744713.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/3/2019

Updated: 6/19/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1925

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_mq

Required KB Items: installed_sw/IBM WebSphere MQ

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/10/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1925

BID: 108068

IAVA: 2019-A-0137-S