Resource exhaustion in IBM Mq

CVE-2019-4049

IBM MQ 9.1.0.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1.1, and 9.1.0.2 is vulnerable to a denial of service due to a local user being able to fill up the disk space of the underlying filesystem using the error logging service. IBM X-Force ID: 156398.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (23.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 23.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-4049: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • IBM Mq — versions 9.1.0.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-4049?
CVE-2019-4049 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Mq, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-08-20.
How severe is CVE-2019-4049?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.