QID 376443

Date Published: 2022-03-03

QID 376443: IBM MQ Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (6556466)

IBM MQ is a message oriented middleware that allows independent and non-concurrent applications on a distributed system to communicate with each other.

Affected Version:
IBM MQ 9.1.0.0-9.1.0.9

QID Detection Logic: (Authenticated)
Operating System: Solaris
The QID runs the command "/opt/mqm/bin/dspmqver -v | grep -A3 '^Name'" and "/usr/mqm/bin/dspmqver -v | grep -A3 '^Name'" (for AIX only) to see if the system is running a vulnerable version of IBM MQ or not.

an attacker can cause a denial of service attack.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
  • Solution
    Please refer to advisory IBM MQ 6556466 for further information.

    Vendor References

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    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    6556466 URL Logo www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6556466