CVE-2024-39743 IBM MQ Container denial of service
A remote attacker can cause IBM MQ Operator to consume excessive memory, leading to a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-39743?
CVE-2024-39743 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM MQ Operator, published on 8 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM MQ Operator 3.2.2 and IBM MQ Operator 2.0.24 IBM MQ Container Developer Edition is vulnerable to denial of service caused by incorrect memory de-allocation. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 297172.
Weakness: CWE-405
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-39743?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Mq Operator.
How do I fix CVE-2024-39743?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-39743 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-2024-39743 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39743 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM MQ Operator
Sources
Also known as GHSA-74r2-gj4j-w655.