QID 378554

Date Published: 2023-06-29

QID 378554: IBM MQ Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Header Injection Vulnerability (6853379)

IBM MQ is a message oriented middleware that allows independent and non-concurrent applications on a distributed system to communicate with each other.

IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty are vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation. This could allow an attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cache poisoning and cross-site scripting.

Affected Products:
IBM MQ 9.1,9.2,9.3 LTS

IBM MQ 9.1,9.2,9.3 CD

QID Detection Logic: (Authenticated)
Operating System: Windows
It checks for vulnerable IBM MQ versions.

Operating System: Linux
The QID runs the command "/opt/mqm/bin/dspmqver -v | grep -A3 '^Name'" and "/usr/mqm/bin/dspmqver -v | grep -A3 '^Name'" (for AIX only) to see if the system is running a vulnerable version of IBM MQ or not.

This vulnerability allows the attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cache poisoning and cross-site scripting.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.4 severity.
    • Solution
    Please refer to advisory IBM MQ 6853379 for further information.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 378554

    CVE-2022-34165 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    6853379 URL Logo www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6853379
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