Denial of service in Apache Qpid Dispatch Router

1) Denial of service

EUVDB-ID: #VU10597

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15699

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper processing of crafted Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) frames. A remote attacker who is able to establish an AMQP connection to a targeted device can send specially crafted AMQP frames, trigger a segmentation fault (segfault) condition and cause the device to shut down.

Mitigation

Update to version 0.8.1 or 1.0.0.

Vulnerable software versions

Apache Qpid Dispatch Router: 0.7.0 - 0.8.0

External links

http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DISPATCH-924

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected device in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.