CVE-2015-0189 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated administrators can cause a denial of service in IBM WebSphere MQ by triggering multiple transmit-queue records.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-0189?
CVE-2015-0189 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Mq, published on 20 May 2015. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The cluster repository manager in IBM WebSphere MQ 7.5 before 7.5.0.5 and 8.0 before 8.0.0.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and daemon outage) by triggering multiple transmit-queue records.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0189?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Websphere Mq.
How do I fix CVE-2015-0189?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-0189 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-0189 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0189 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Websphere Mq
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ff9j-2g3f-hmwq.