#VU15812 Denial of service in IBM MQ - CVE-2018-1684
Published: November 13, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15812
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1684
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
IBM MQ
IBM MQ
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation
IBM Corporation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to a problem within the IBM MQ MQTT Service logic. A remote attacker can trigger an error with MQTT topic string publishing and cause a denial of service attack to be executed against MQTT clients attempting to connect to the queue manager.
The weakness exists due to a problem within the IBM MQ MQTT Service logic. A remote attacker can trigger an error with MQTT topic string publishing and cause a denial of service attack to be executed against MQTT clients attempting to connect to the queue manager.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.