VDB-116969 · CVE-2017-1786 · XFDB 136975

IBM WebSphere MQ up to 8.0.0.8/9.0.4 resource consumption

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A vulnerability was found in IBM WebSphere MQ up to 8.0.0.8/9.0.4 (Application Server Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0 through 8.0.0.8 and 9.0 through 9.0.4 under special circumstances could allow an authenticated user to consume all resources due to a memory leak resulting in service loss. IBM X-Force ID: 136975.

The bug was discovered 04/17/2018. The weakness was shared 04/23/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-1786 since 11/30/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/03/2023). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370926 (IBM MQ pubsub Denial of Service Vulnerability (swg22013023)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entry VDB-119591 is related to this item.

Productinfo

Type

Application Server Software

Vendor

Name

WebSphere MQ

Version

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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NVD Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/30/2016 🔍
04/17/2018 +503 days 🔍
04/23/2018 +5 days 🔍
04/23/2018 +0 days 🔍
04/24/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/03/2023 +1774 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-1786 (🔍)
X-Force: 136975

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/24/2018 08:55 AM
Updated: 03/03/2023 06:18 PM
Changes: 04/24/2018 08:55 AM (60), 01/30/2020 04:01 PM (1), 03/03/2023 06:11 PM (3), 03/03/2023 06:18 PM (1)
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