IBM3E113519C08ADA1A733C48B02DF364667DDCEA70A673219A31D93C7D1162E3D9Security Bulletin: IBM MQ is affected by OpenSSL vulnerability (CVE-2023-2650)
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
50.9%
Summary
IBM MQ is vulnerable to an OpenSSL vulnerability CVE-2023-2650 when conducting OCSP certificate operations.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID:CVE-2023-2650
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when using OBJ_obj2txt() directly, or use any of the OpenSSL subsystems OCSP, PKCS7/SMIME, CMS, CMP/CRMF or TS with no message size limit. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/256611 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
|---|---|
| IBM MQ for HPE NonStop | 8.1.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
| IBM MQ V8.1 for HPE NonStop | 8.1.0.16 | IT44398 | Upgrade to CSU 8.1.0.16 |
|---|
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibm mq for hpe nonstop | eq | 8.1 | |
| ibm mq for hpe nonstop | eq | 8.1 |
Related
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
50.9%