Insufficient control of network message volume in IBM MQ



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-25015
CWE-ID CWE-406
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 IBM MQ
Server applications / Other server solutions

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume

EUVDB-ID: #VU89792

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25015

CWE-ID: CWE-406 - Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume (Network Amplification)

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM MQ: before 9.2.0.25, 9.3.0.17, 9.3.5, 9.2.0.25, 9.2.0.25

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7149583


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.



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