#VU42893 Resource management error in ActiveMQ - CVE-2012-6551 

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#VU42893 Resource management error in ActiveMQ - CVE-2012-6551

Published: April 22, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42893
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6551
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ActiveMQ
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The default configuration of Apache ActiveMQ before 5.8.0 enables a sample web application, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (broker resource consumption) via HTTP requests.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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