CVE-2018-1374 — An IBM WebSphere MQ (Maintenance levels 7

An IBM WebSphere MQ (Maintenance levels 7.1.0.0 - 7.1.0.9, 7.5.0.0 - 7.5.0.8, 8.0.0.0 - 8.0.0.8, 9.0.0.0 - 9.0.0.2, and 9.0.0 - 9.0.4) client connecting to a Queue Manager could cause a SIGSEGV in the Channel process amqrmppa. IBM X-Force ID: 137775.

01What is this vulnerability?

An IBM WebSphere MQ (Maintenance levels 7.1.0.0 - 7.1.0.9, 7.5.0.0 - 7.5.0.8, 8.0.0.0 - 8.0.0.8, 9.0.0.0 - 9.0.0.2, and 9.0.0 - 9.0.4) client connecting to a Queue Manager could cause a SIGSEGV in the Channel process amqrmppa. IBM X-Force ID: 137775.

02Affected products

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-06-26T20:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T18:29:16.726Z

09References

• www-01.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22012982
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com — https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/137775