Denial of service in IBM MQ - CVE-2017-1236

 

Denial of service in IBM MQ - CVE-2017-1236

Published: July 5, 2017 / Updated: November 22, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7324
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1236
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM MQ

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can save an incorrect channel status inquiry and cause the application to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-1236

Update to version 9.0.3.

Sources