IBM Security Bulletin: IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance are vulnerable to a memory leak in pubsub (CVE-2017-1786)

Apr 19, 2018 9:01 am EDT

Categorized: Medium Severity

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IBM MQ queue managers handling publish subscribe messaging might leak memory in response to specific application requests, resulting in a loss of service.

CVE(s): CVE-2017-1786

Affected product(s) and affected version(s):

IBM MQ v8

• Maintenance levels 8.0.0.0 – 8.0.0.8

IBM MQ v9 LTS

• Maintenance levels 9.0.0.0 – 9.0.0.2

IBM MQ v9 CD

• Maintenance levels 9.0.1 – 9.0.4

IBM MQ Appliance v8

• Maintenance levels 8.0.0.0 – 8.0.0.8

IBM MQ Appliance v9 CD

• Maintenance levels 9.0.1 – 9.0.4

Refer to the following reference URLs for remediation and additional vulnerability details:
Source Bulletin: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22013023
X-Force Database: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/136975

from IBM Product Security Incident Response Team https://ift.tt/2JWmKgy