SB2017111608 - Denial of service in IBM WebSphere MQ



SB2017111608 - Denial of service in IBM WebSphere MQ

Published: November 20, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2017111608
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1235)

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

The weakness exists due to an error during an MQGET call of a client application running on a channel with SHARECNV=1. A remote atatcker can cause a SIGSEGV and termination of the channel agent process.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.