IBM MQ Operator up to 3.0.1 cleartext transmission

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in IBM MQ Operator up to 2.0.18/2.2.2/2.3.3/2.4.7/3.0.1. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to cleartext transmission. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-47745. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM MQ Operator up to 2.0.18/2.2.2/2.3.3/2.4.7/3.0.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext transmission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-319. The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

IBM MQ Operator 2.0.0 LTS, 2.0.18 LTS, 3.0.0 CD, 3.0.1 CD, 2.4.0 through 2.4.7, 2.3.0 through 2.3.3, 2.2.0 through 2.2.2, and 2.3.0 through 2.3.3 stores or transmits user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user using a trace command. IBM X-Force ID: 272638.

The weakness was disclosed 03/03/2024. The advisory is shared for download at ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-47745 since 11/09/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1040.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (272638). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• IBM

Name

• MQ Operator

Version

• 2.0.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.0.2
• 2.0.3
• 2.0.4
• 2.0.5
• 2.0.6
• 2.0.7
• 2.0.8
• 2.0.9
• 2.0.10
• 2.0.11
• 2.0.12
• 2.0.13
• 2.0.14
• 2.0.15
• 2.0.16
• 2.0.17
• 2.0.18
• 2.2.0
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.3.0
• 2.3.1
• 2.3.2
• 2.3.3
• 2.4.0
• 2.4.1
• 2.4.2
• 2.4.3
• 2.4.4
• 2.4.5
• 2.4.6
• 2.4.7
• 3.0.0
• 3.0.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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