Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in the GSKit component of IBM MQ Appliance (CVE-2016-0201)

Summary

A vulnerability has been addressed in the GSKit component of IBM MQ Appliance

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-0201 DESCRIPTION: IBM GSKit could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a MD5 collision. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain authentication credentials.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109310 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 Appliance M2000

Remediation/Fixes

Apply the ifix for APAR IT13023.