VDB-288997 · CVE-2024-51471 · Nessus 213473

IBM MQ Appliance 9.3 CD/9.3 LTS/9.4 LTS Trace out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in IBM MQ Appliance 9.3 CD/9.3 LTS/9.4 LTS. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Trace Handler. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-51471. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM MQ Appliance 9.3 CD/9.3 LTS/9.4 LTS. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Trace Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM MQ Appliance 9.3 LTS, 9.3 CD, and 9.4 LTS web console could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial-of-service when trace is enabled due to information being written into memory outside of the intended buffer size.

The advisory is shared at ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-51471 since 10/28/2024. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 213473 (IBM MQ 9.3 < 9.3.0.26 LTS / 9.3 < 9.4 CD / 9.4 < 9.4.0.7 LTS (7178243)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (213473). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

MQ Appliance

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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CNA Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 213473
Nessus Name: IBM MQ 9.3 < 9.3.0.26 LTS / 9.3 < 9.4 CD / 9.4 < 9.4.0.7 LTS (7178243)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

10/28/2024 🔍
12/19/2024 +52 days 🔍
12/19/2024 +0 days 🔍
07/04/2025 +196 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-51471 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-51471
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-288997

Entryinfo

Created: 12/19/2024 20:02
Updated: 07/04/2025 01:12
Changes: 12/19/2024 20:02 (64), 01/03/2025 17:33 (2), 07/04/2025 01:12 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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