CVE-2021-38875 Denial of service in MQ
Attackers can cause a denial of service in IBM MQ by sending specially crafted messages that trigger an error during processing.
- 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-2021-38875?
CVE-2021-38875 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Mq, published on 23 Nov 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM MQ 8.0, 9.0 LTS, 9.1 LTS, 9.2 LTS, 9.1 CD, and 9.2 CD is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by an error processing messages. IBM X-Force ID: 208398.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-38875?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Mq.
How do I fix CVE-2021-38875?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-38875 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-2021-38875 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38875 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2026-10027 IBM MQ queue manager is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7w3j-vcgc-cj2f.