Apache ActiveMQ Failover Mechanism Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:50904

Info

Apache ActiveMQ Failover Mechanism Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 50904
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2011-4905
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 05 2011 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 30 2011 04:50PM
Credit: Luca Carettoni
Vulnerable: Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ 5.5
Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ 5.3.1
Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ 5.3
Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ 5.2
Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ 5.4 SNAPSHOT
Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ 5.4
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Apache ActiveMQ Failover Mechanism Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Apache ActiveMQ is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to trigger an exception and cause the broker service to crash.

Exploit / POC

Apache ActiveMQ Failover Mechanism Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

An attacker can use readily available network utilities to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

Apache ActiveMQ Failover Mechanism Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

References

Apache ActiveMQ Failover Mechanism Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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