XML Entity Expansion in ActiveMQ - CVE-2015-7559

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XML Entity Expansion in ActiveMQ - CVE-2015-7559

Published: July 19, 2019 / Updated: July 22, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU19262
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7559
CWE-ID: CWE-776
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial o service (DoS) attack on the tared system.

The vulnerability exists due to the client package exposed a remote shutdown command in the "ActiveMQConnection" class. A remote attacker can use this flaw to cause a DoS condition on the affected system.

Affected software

ActiveMQ
Ubuntu
activemq (Ubuntu package)
libactivemq-java (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2015-7559

Install updates from vendor's website.

ActiveMQ - update to 5.14.5
activemq (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
libactivemq-java (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro

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