CVE-2016-0260 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in IBM WebSphere MQ by triggering errors that lead to heap memory consumption.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-0260?
CVE-2016-0260 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Mq, published on 29 Jun 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in queue-manager agents in IBM WebSphere MQ 8.x before 8.0.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory consumption) by triggering many errors.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0260?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Websphere Mq.
How do I fix CVE-2016-0260?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-0260 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-2016-0260 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0260 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Websphere Mq
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wh9v-j636-4j6p.