Security Bulletin: IBM MQ is vulnerable to an issue in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition. (CVE-2020-14779)

Summary

An issue was identified within IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition that is shipped with and used by IBM MQ.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-14779
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Serialization component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190097 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

This issue has been addressed under APAR IT35901.

IBM MQ 8.0

Apply Fix Pack 8.0.0.16

IBM MQ 9.0

Apply Fix Pack 9.0.0.11

IBM MQ 9.1

Apply Fix Pack 9.1.0.7

IBM MQ 9.2 LTS

Apply Fix Pack 9.2.0.2

IBM MQ 9.1 CD and 9.2 CD

Upgrade to IBM MQ 9.2.2

Workarounds and Mitigations

None