QID 378672

Date Published: 2023-07-26

QID 378672: IBM MQ Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerabilities (7007425)

Apache Commons FileUpload and Tomcat are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by not limit the number of request parts to be processed in the file upload function. By sending a specially-crafted request with series of uploads, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.

Affected Version:
IBM MQ 9.1,9.2, 9.3

QID Detection Logic: (Authenticated)
Operating System: Linux
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.
Operating System: Windows
It checks for vulnerable IBM MQ/WebSphere MQ versions.

A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4 severity.
    • Solution
    Please refer to advisory IBM MQ 7007425 for further information.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 378672

    CVE-2023-24998 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    7007425 URL Logo www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7007425
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