SB2017111430 - Denial of service in IBM MQ
Published: November 14, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017111430
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Shared memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1283)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to a shared memory leak. A remote attacker can use MQ applications using dynamic queues to trigger shared memory leak and cause lack of resources for other MQ applications.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.