SB2017070503 - Denial of service in IBM MQ



SB2017070503 - Denial of service in IBM MQ

Published: July 5, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2017070503
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Partial DoS

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1236)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can save an incorrect channel status inquiry and cause the application to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.