Medium severity · published Dec 16, 2019
CVE-2019-4560
IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 CD, 9.1 LTS, 9.0 LTS, and 8.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by channels processing poorly formatted messages
6.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 CD, 9.1 LTS, 9.0 LTS, and 8.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by channels processing poorly formatted messages. IBM X-Force ID: 166357.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
MQ Appliance · Ibm
8.0.0.0 before 8.0.0.13; 9.0.0.0 before 9.0.0.8; 9.1.0.0 before 9.1.0.4; 9.1.1 before 9.1.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-4560
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-4560
VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/166357
Vendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1106037
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