IBM Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere MQ MQXR insecure passwords (CVE-2015-2012) - United States  SECURITY BULLETIN

SUMMARY
 The Telemetry (MQXR) service can be configured to use SSL/TLS connections - the passphrase used to access the keystore is written to the file system in clear text in a properties file that is world readable. 

VULNERABILITY DETAILS
CVEID: CVE-2015-2012 [http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2012]
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere MQ stores the MQXR keystore password in clear text in a world readable file.
CVSS Base Score: 2.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/103923 [http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/103923] for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) 

AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND VERSIONS
IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0 

 * 8.0.0.3 and earlier maintenance levels


IBM WebSphere MQ 7.5  * 7.5.0.5 and earlier maintenance levels


IBM WebSphere MQ 7.1  * 7.1.0.6 and earlier maintenance levels

REMEDIATION/FIXES
IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0 

Install fixpack 8.0.0.4 [http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21969244] 
IBM WebSphere MQ 7.5  * Apply Interim fix IT09866 [http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~WebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/WebSphere+MQ&release=7.5.0.5&platform=All&function=aparId&apars=IT09866]


IBM WebSphere MQ 7.1  * Install fixpack 7.1.0.7 [http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21965293]

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REFERENCES
Complete CVSS v3 Guide [http://www.first.org/cvss/user-guide] 
On-line Calculator v3 [http://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0] RELATED INFORMATION
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal [http://www.ibm.com/security/secure-engineering/bulletins.html] 
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog [http://www.ibm.com/blogs/PSIRT] CHANGE HISTORY
 01 February 2016: Original Copy Published 

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin. 

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RELATED INFORMATION
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Answer: CVEID: CVE-2015-2012 [http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2012]
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere MQ stores the MQXR keystore password in clear text in a world readable file.
CVSS Base Score: 2.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/103923 [http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/103923] for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)