Vigil@nce - IBM WebSphere MQ: bad filtering of CHLAUTH
October 2014 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass CHLAUTH rules of IBM WebSphere MQ, in order
to access to the service.
Impacted products: WebSphere MQ
Severity: 2/4
Creation date: 09/10/2014
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The IBM WebSphere MQ product can be used to filter sessions.
However, a CHLAUTH rule following a CONNAUTH is not filtered.
An attacker can therefore bypass CHLAUTH rules of IBM WebSphere
MQ, in order to access to the service.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/IBM-WebSphere-MQ-bad-filtering-of-CHLAUTH-15458