Denial of service in IBM MQ

1) Denial of service

EUVDB-ID: #VU11314

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1747

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send specially crafted message and cause a denial of service in IBM MQ applications consuming messages that it needs to perform data conversion on.

Mitigation

Update to version 9.0.0.3 or 9.0.5.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM MQ: 9.0.0 - 9.0.4

External links

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22012992&myns=swgws&mynp=OCSSYHRD&a...

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.