IBM MQ 9.2/9.3 Clients DoS via Config File Parsing
CVE-2023-22874 Published on May 5, 2023

IBM MQ denial of service
IBM MQ Clients 9.2 CD, 9.3 CD, and 9.3 LTS are vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing configuration files. IBM X-Force ID: 244216.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2023-22874 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
HIGH

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Affected Versions

IBM MQ Version 9.2 CD, 9.3 CD, and 9.3 LTS is affected by CVE-2023-22874

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.02%
Percentile
5.37%

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