SB2018072702 - Denial of service in IBM MQ
Published: July 27, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018072702
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) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1503)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when processing malicious input. A remote attacker can send messages containing specially crafted headers to the target RCVR or CLUSRCVR type channels to cause the system to enter retry status and cause transmission of subsequent messages to fail.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.