Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance is affected by a systemd vulnerability (CVE-2019-20386)

Summary

IBM MQ Appliance has resolved a systemd vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-20386
**DESCRIPTION:**systemd is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory leak in the button_open function in login/logind-button.c. By executing the udevadm trigger command, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175507 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

This vulnerability is addressed by APAR IT35457.

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 LTS

Apply the interim fix for APAR IT35457, or later maintenance.

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 CD

Upgrade to IBM MQ CD 9.2.1 by applying the interim fix for APAR IT35457, or later maintenance.

IBM MQ Appliance 9.2 LTS

Apply the interim fix for APAR IT35457, or later maintenance.

IBM MQ Appliance 9.2 CD

Apply the interim fix for APAR IT35457, or later maintenance.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None