CVE-2019-4141 Denial of service in MQ
A memory leak in IBM MQ clustering code allows attackers to cause a denial of service by exhausting system memory.
- 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-2019-4141?
CVE-2019-4141 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Mq, published on 27 Sep 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM MQ 7.1.0.0 - 7.1.0.9, 7.5.0.0 - 7.5.0.9, 8.0.0.0 - 8.0.0.11, 9.0.0.0 - 9.0.0.6, 9.1.0.0 - 9.1.0.2, and 9.1.1 - 9.1.2 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by a memory leak in the clustering code. IBM X-Force ID: 158337.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4141?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm Websphere Mq, Ibm Websphere Mq Appliance.
How do I fix CVE-2019-4141?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4141 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-2019-4141 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4141 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Websphere Mq
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wvmr-83rm-r93m.