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CVE-2018-1684 — IBM WebSphere MQ 8

IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0 through 9.1 is vulnerable to a error with MQTT topic string publishing that can cause a denial of service attack. IBM X-Force ID: 145456.

CVSS
5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.41% (top 38.70%)
CWE
—
Published
2018-11-09T00:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-09-16T22:26:38.249Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:H/AV:N/C:N/I:N/PR:L/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O

01What is this vulnerability?

IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0 through 9.1 is vulnerable to a error with MQTT topic string publishing that can cause a denial of service attack. IBM X-Force ID: 145456.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
IBMMQ9.0.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0.2, 8.0.0.1, 8.0.0.2, 8.0.0.3, 8.0.0.4, 8.0.0.5, 8.0.0.6, 8.0.0.7, 9.0.0.2, 9.0.3, 9.0.4, 8.0.0.8, 8.0.0.9, 9.0.0.3, 8.0.0.0, 8.0.0.10, 9.0.0.0, 9.0.0.4, 9.0.0.5, 9.0.5, 9.1.0.0

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

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

09References

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