SB2012010503 - Resource management error in ActiveMQ
Published: January 5, 2012 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012010503
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4905)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Apache ActiveMQ before 5.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file-descriptor exhaustion and broker crash or hang) by sending many openwire failover:tcp:// connection requests.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/25/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/25/6
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47112
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1209700
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1211844
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50904
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-3294