IBM MQ/MQ Appliance up to 9.1 LTS Queue denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in IBM MQ and MQ Appliance up to 9.1 LTS and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Queue Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2019-4656. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM MQ and MQ Appliance up to 9.1 LTS. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Queue Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance 7.1, 7.5, 8.0, 9.0 LTS, 9.1 LTS, and 9.1 CD is vulnerable to a denial of service attack that would allow an authenticated user to crash the queue and require a restart due to an error processing error messages. IBM X-Force ID: 170967.

The weakness was presented 03/16/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-4656 since 01/03/2019. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. 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 03/17/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

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

See VDB-151694 and VDB-151692 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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03/16/2020 +438 days 🔍
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Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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CVE: CVE-2019-4656 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-4656
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-151693
X-Force: 170967

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2020 09:13 AM
Updated: 04/16/2024 04:42 PM
Changes: 03/17/2020 09:13 AM (40), 03/17/2020 09:18 AM (11), 04/16/2024 04:35 PM (16), 04/16/2024 04:42 PM (19)
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