Mq Appliance
CVE-2023-22874
MEDIUM
Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionNVD
IBM MQ Clients 9.2 CD, 9.3 CD, and 9.3 LTS are vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing configuration files. IBM X-Force ID: 244216.
AnalysisAI
IBM MQ Clients 9.2 CD, 9.3 CD, and 9.3 LTS are vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing configuration files. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability could allow attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400), which allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources. IBM MQ Clients 9.2 CD, 9.3 CD, and 9.3 LTS are vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing configuration files. IBM X-Force ID: 244216. Affected products include: Ibm Mq Appliance.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Implement rate limiting, set resource quotas, validate input sizes, use timeouts.
More in Mq Appliance
View allIBM MQ Appliance 8.0 and 9.0 could allow an authenticated messaging administrator to execute arbitrary commands on the s
IBM MQ 9.3 LTS, 9.3 CD, 9.4 LTS, and 9.4 CD console could allow an authenticated user to execute code due to improper ne
IBM MQ Appliance 9.3 CD could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper valid
IBM DataPower Gateway 2018.4.1.0 through 2018.4.1.6, 7.6.0.0 through 7.6.0.15 and IBM MQ Appliance 8.0.0.0 through 8.0.0
IBM MQ Appliance 9.3 CD and LTS are vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. Rate
IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 LTS and 9.3 CD could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a d
IBM MQ Appliance 9.3 LTS and 9.3 CD could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. Rated high seve
IBM MQ 9.0 LTS, 9.1 LTS, 9.2 LTS, 9.3 LTS, 9.2 CD, and 9.3 CD and IBM MQ Appliance 9.2 LTS, 9.3 LTS, 9.2 CD, and 9.2 LTS
IBM MQ, IBM MQ Appliance, IBM MQ for HPE NonStop 8.0, 9.1 CD, and 9.1 LTS could allow an attacker to cause a denial of s
IBM MQ 8.0.0.0 through 8.0.0.10, 9.0.0.0 through 9.0.0.5, and 9.1.0.0 through 9.1.1 is vulnerable to a denial of service
IBM MQ Appliance 9.2 CD and 9.2 LTS could allow a local privileged user to inject and execute malicious code. Rated medi
IBM MQ 9.3 LTS, 9.3 CD, 9.4 LTS, and 9.4 CD could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service due to the im
Same weakness CWE-400 – Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
View allSame technique Denial Of Service
View allShare
External POC / Exploit Code
Leaving vuln.today