IBM MQ up to 9.1.3 Data Conversion Routine denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM MQ up to 9.1.3. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Data Conversion Routine. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-4655. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM MQ up to 9.1.3. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Data Conversion Routine. 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. CVE summarizes:

IBM MQ 9.1.0.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1.0.2, 9.1.0.3, 9.1.1, 9.1.2, and 9.1.3 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack that would allow an authenticated user to reset client connections due to an error within the Data Conversion routine. IBM X-Force ID: 170966.

The weakness was shared 12/30/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-4655 since 01/03/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 12/31/2019). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

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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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Timelineinfo

01/03/2019 🔍
12/30/2019 +361 days 🔍
12/31/2019 +1 days 🔍
03/19/2024 +1540 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-4655 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-4655
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-147944
X-Force: 170966

Entryinfo

Created: 12/31/2019 10:43
Updated: 03/19/2024 07:08
Changes: 12/31/2019 10:43 (39), 12/31/2019 10:48 (11), 03/19/2024 06:53 (16), 03/19/2024 07:08 (17)
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