Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume in IBM MQ - CVE-2024-25015

 

Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume in IBM MQ - CVE-2024-25015

Published: May 24, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU89792
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25015
CWE-ID: CWE-406
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can send a HTTP requests that would consume all available resources and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

IBM MQ
IBM Sterling B2B Integrator
WebSphere Remote Server
IBM Robotic Process Automation
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak

How to mitigate CVE-2024-25015

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM MQ - addressed in versions 9.2.0.25, 9.3.0.17, 9.3.5
IBM Sterling B2B Integrator - addressed in versions 6.1.2.6, 6.2.0.3
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak - addressed in versions 21.0.7.15, 23.0.16
IBM Robotic Process Automation - addressed in versions 21.0.7.15, 23.0.16

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