Denial of service in IBM MQ

1) Denial of service

EUVDB-ID: #VU16281

Risk: Low

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1883

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The weakness exists due to unspecified flaw. A remote attacker can execute a denial of service attack preventing users from logging into the MQ Console REST API.

Mitigation

The vulnerability has been fixed in the versions 9.1.0.1, 9.1.1.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM MQ: 9.0.2 - 9.1.0.0

External links

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10738197&myns=swgws&mynp=OCSSYHRD&...

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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