CVE-2023-45177 IBM MQ denial of service
Attackers can cause a denial of service in IBM MQ due to an error in clustering logic, affecting message queue availability.
- 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-2023-45177?
CVE-2023-45177 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Mq, published on 20 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM MQ 9.0 LTS, 9.1 LTS, 9.2 LTS, 9.3 LTS and 9.3 CD is vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack due to an error within the MQ clustering logic. IBM X-Force ID: 268066.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-45177?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Mq.
How do I fix CVE-2023-45177?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-45177 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-2023-45177 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-45177 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-f7rr-v2mg-p9jj.