Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Internet Pass-Thru is vulnerable to a denial of service issue (CVE-2024-25015)

Summary

IBM MQ Internet Pass-Thru has addressed a vulnerability in which HTTP requests could cause a denial of service.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-25015
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM MQ Internet Pass-Thru could allow a remote user to cause a denial of service by sending HTTP requests that would consume all available resources.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/281278 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

The following installable MQ components are affected by the vulnerability:

- MQ IPT

If you are running any of these listed components, please apply the remediation/fixes as described below. For more information on the definitions of components used in this list see <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/installable-component-names-used-ibm-mq-security-bulletins&gt;

Remediation/Fixes

This issue was addressed under APAR IT45331

IBM MQ version 9.2 LTS

Apply Fix Pack 9.2.0.25

IBM MQ version 9.3 LTS

Apply Cumulative Security Update 9.3.0.17

IBM MQ version 9.3 CD

Upgrade to IBM MQ version 9.3.5 CD

Workarounds and Mitigations

None