SB2019032820 - Denial of service in Apache ActiveMQ 



SB2019032820 - Denial of service in Apache ActiveMQ

Published: March 28, 2019 Updated: July 22, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019032820
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-0222)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when processing corrupt MQTT frames. A remote attacker can consume all memory resources on the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.