Resource management error in ActiveMQ - CVE-2012-6551
Published: April 22, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42893
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
ActiveMQ
ActiveMQ
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-6551
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://activemq.2283324.n4.nabble.com/DISCUSS-ActiveMQ-out-of-the-box-Should-not-include-the-demos-tc4658044.html
- http://activemq.apache.org/activemq-580-release.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1029.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59401
- https://fisheye6.atlassian.com/changelog/activemq?cs=1404998
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-4124
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12311210&version=12323282