SB2017111430 - Denial of service in IBM MQ
Published: November 14, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017111430
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Shared memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1283)
CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/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 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.