IBM MQ 8.0.0.x < 8.0.0.14 / 9.1.0.x < 9.1.0.5 LTS / 9.1.x < 9.1.5 CD Denial of Service Vulnerability (DoS)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 137633

Synopsis

A message queuing service installed on the remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the IBM MQ server installed on the remote host is 8.0.0.x prior to 8.0.0.14 or 9.1.0.x prior to 9.1.0.5 LTS or 9.1.5 CD and is therefore affected by a denial of service vulnerability. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue and cause a memory leak and crash the affected host.

Solution

Upgrade to IBM MQ 8.0.0.15, 9.1.0.5 LTS, 9.1.5 CD or later.

See Also

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6195384

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6223888

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175840

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 137633

File Name: websphere_mq_ibm6195384.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/18/2020

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-4267

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_mq

Required KB Items: installed_sw/IBM WebSphere MQ

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/22/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-4267

IAVA: 2020-A-0269-S