IBM Security Bulletin: IBM MQ administration command could cause denial of service (CVE-2016-8971) - United States  SECURITY BULLETIN

SUMMARY
 An administration command can cause IBM MQ to access an invalid memory address, leading to a segmentation failure and causing the queue manager to become unresponsive. 

VULNERABILITY DETAILS
CVEID: CVE-2016-8971 [http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8971]
DESCRIPTION: IBM MQ could allow an authenticated user with queue manager permissions to cause a segmentation fault. This would result in the machine needing to be rebooted to resume normal operations.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118862 [https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118862] for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) 

AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND VERSIONS
IBM MQ V9.0 Long Term Support Release 

IBM MQ V9.0.0.0 only. 

IBM MQ V8.0 

IBM MQ V8.0.0.0 - V8.0.0.5 maintenance levels.

REMEDIATION/FIXES
IBM MQ V9.0 Long Term Support Release 

Apply 9.0.0.1 [https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EWebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/WebSphere+MQ&release=9.0.0.1&platform=All&function=all&useReleaseAsTarget=true] maintenance level. 

IBM MQ V8.0 

Apply 8.0.0.6 [http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995100] maintenance level.

WORKAROUNDS AND MITIGATIONS
None.

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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] 

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CHANGE HISTORY
 20 February 2017: Original version published.
23 February 2017: Minor corrections to wording.
21 June 2017: Add 9.0 LTS applicability 

*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-2016-8971 [http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8971]
DESCRIPTION: IBM MQ could allow an authenticated user with queue manager permissions to cause a segmentation fault. This would result in the machine needing to be rebooted to resume normal operations.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118862 [https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118862] for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)