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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by an issue within the channel process.(CVE-2021-39034)

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Summary

An issue was identified in the IBM MQ Version 9.1 queue manager channel process on Solaris platforms, that could be exploited by an attacker to cause a denial of service attack.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-39034
DESCRIPTION:   IBM MQ is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by an issue within the channel process.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/213964 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s) Version(s)
IBM MQ 9.1 LTS

Remediation/Fixes

This issue is addressed under APAR IT37896
IBM MQ Version 9.1 LTS

Apply iFix 9.1.0.10-IBM-MQ-SolarisSparc64-LAIT37896

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

14 Feb 2022: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 February 2022

UID

ibm16556466