SB2022061410 - Denial of service in IBM Sterling Control Center
Published: June 14, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022061410
Severity
Medium
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) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-4943)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application. A remote attacker can cause a MQXR service crash via a series of connect and disconnect actions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-sterling-control-center-is-vulnerable-to-remote-attack-on-mqxr-service-due-to-ibm-websphere-mq-cve-2015-4943-2/"
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-sterling-control-center-is-vulnerable-to-remote-attack-on-mqxr-service-due-to-ibm-websphere-mq-cve-2015-4943-2/</a><br>
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6590299<br><br></p>