CVE-2020-4931 Denial of service in MQ Appliance
An authenticated user can cause a denial of service in IBM MQ AMQP Channels by exploiting a message processing issue.
- 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-2020-4931?
CVE-2020-4931 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Mq, published on 24 Feb 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM MQ 9.1 LTS, 9.2 LTS, and 9.1 CD AMQP Channels could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service due to an issue processing messages. IBM X-Force ID: 191747.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4931?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Mq.
How do I fix CVE-2020-4931?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4931 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-2020-4931 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4931 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-xjvm-vf2p-w3rh.