IBM Security Bulletin: IBM MQ and IBM WebSphere MQ are vulnerable to an OpenSSL Montgomery squaring function propagation flaw (CVE-2017-3736)

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IBM MQ and IBM WebSphere MQ are affected by an OpenSSL vulnerability which could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. This is caused by a carry propagation flaw in the the x86_64 Montgomery squaring function bn_sqrx8x_internal().

CVE(s): CVE-2017-3736

Affected product(s) and affected version(s):

IBM WebSphere MQ v7.0.1

  • Maintenance levels 7.0.1.0 – 7.0.1.14

IBM WebSphere MQ v7.1

  • Maintenance levels 7.1.0.0 – 7.1.0.9

IBM MQ v8.0

  • Maintenance levels 8.0.0.0 – 8.0.0.8

IBM MQ v9 LTS

  • Maintenance levels 9.0.0.0 – 9.0.0.2

Refer to the following reference URLs for remediation and additional vulnerability details:
Source Bulletin: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22013025
X-Force Database: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134397



from IBM Product Security Incident Response Team https://ift.tt/2JO4feh