CVE-2020-4766 (GCVE-0-2020-4766)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-22 16:50 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:23
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Summary
IBM MQ Internet Pass-Thru 2.1 and 9.2 could allow a remote user to cause a denial of service by sending malformed MQ data requests which would consume all available resources. IBM X-Force ID: 188093.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/C:N/PR:N/AV:N/S:U/A:H/UI:N/I:N/AC:H/RC:C/E:U/RL:O
CWE
  • Denial of Service
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM MQ Internet Pass-Thru Affected: 2.1
Affected: 9.2
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Date Public
2021-01-21 00:00
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