IBM917BF2ABCE95C6821569FB45A366F4271E584A16E7D175EDF83E62CF1634D06ASecurity Bulletin:IBM MQ is vulnerable to a buffer overflow issue (CVE-2024-25048)
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.1%
Summary
An issue was identified with IBM MQ when a client sends a malformed xa_recover request. This can result in a memory overwrite or buffer overflow within the queue manager.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID:CVE-2024-25048
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM MQ Appliance 9.3 CD and LTS are vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A remote authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 283137.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/283137 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
|---|---|
| IBM MQ for HPE NonStop | 8.1.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
| IBM MQ V8.1 for HPE NonStop | 8.1.0.21 | IT45911 | Upgrade to CSU 8.1.0.21 |
|---|
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibm mq for hpe nonstop | eq | 8.1 | |
| ibm mq for hpe nonstop | eq | 8.1 |
Related
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.1%