CVE-2018-1503 Denial of service in WebSphere MQ

Medium 4.3 Published 23 Jul 2018 Updated 16 Sep 2024

A remote authenticated attacker can cause a denial of service in IBM WebSphere MQ by sending malformed headers, stopping message transmission.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2018-1503?

CVE-2018-1503 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Mq, published on 23 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM WebSphere MQ 7.5, 8.0, and 9.0 could allow a remotely authenticated attacker to to send invalid or malformed headers that could cause messages to no longer be transmitted via the affected channel. IBM X-Force ID: 141339.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1503?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Websphere Mq.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1503?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1503 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-2018-1503 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1503 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-c86m-jfmr-j98w.