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 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
- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/156398 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
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.