CVE-2024-51471 IBM MQ Appliance denial of service

Medium 5.3 Published 19 Dec 2024 Updated 20 Dec 2024

An authenticated user can cause a denial of service in the IBM MQ Appliance web console when trace is enabled due to a buffer overflow.

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-2024-51471?

CVE-2024-51471 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in IBM MQ Appliance, published on 19 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM MQ Appliance 9.3 LTS, 9.3 CD, and 9.4 LTS web console could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial-of-service when trace is enabled due to information being written into memory outside of the intended buffer size.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-51471?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Mq Appliance.

How do I fix CVE-2024-51471?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-51471 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2024-51471 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-51471 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2p6g-86q5-vxxh.