IBM MQ/MQ Appliance 8.0/9.0 LTS/9.1 CD/9.1 LTS Message denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in IBM MQ and MQ Appliance 8.0/9.0 LTS/9.1 CD/9.1 LTS and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Message Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-4560. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM MQ and MQ Appliance 8.0/9.0 LTS/9.1 CD/9.1 LTS. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 CD, 9.1 LTS, 9.0 LTS, and 8.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by channels processing poorly formatted messages. IBM X-Force ID: 166357.

The weakness was shared 12/16/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-4560 since 01/03/2019. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple 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 03/12/2024). 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.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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01/03/2019 🔍
12/16/2019 +347 days 🔍
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03/12/2024 +1547 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-4560 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-4560
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-147269
X-Force: 166357

Entryinfo

Created: 12/17/2019 09:22
Updated: 03/12/2024 14:45
Changes: 12/17/2019 09:22 (39), 12/17/2019 09:27 (11), 03/12/2024 14:44 (2), 03/12/2024 14:45 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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