CVE-2016-8971 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0 could allow an authenticated user with queue manager permissions to cause a segmentation fault which would result in the box having to be rebooted to resume normal operations. IBM Reference #: 1998663.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Ibm	Websphere Mq

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:8.0.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:8.0.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:8.0.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:8.0.0.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:8.0.0.5:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21998663

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2017-03-07T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:35:02.823Z

Reserved: 2016-10-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-8971

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-07T17:59:00.180

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-8971

Redhat

No data.

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