Credentials management in ActiveMQ and Fedora - CVE-2015-6524
Published: August 24, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40671
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-6524
CWE-ID: CWE-255
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The LDAPLoginModule implementation in the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.10.1 allows wildcard operators in usernames, which allows remote attackers to obtain credentials via a brute force attack. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT from CVE-2014-3612 per ADT2 due to different vulnerability types.
Affected software
ActiveMQ
Fedora
activemq
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next
Fedora
activemq
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next
How to mitigate CVE-2015-6524
Install update from vendor's website.
activemq - addressed in versions 5.6.0-12.fc22, 5.6.0-12.fc23
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.15
IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next - update to 9.7.2.7
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.15
IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next - update to 9.7.2.7