Improper Input Validation Affecting activemq package, versions <5.13.2+dfsg-1
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- published29 Jul 2026
- disclosed8 Jan 2016
Introduced: 8 Jan 2016
CVE-2015-5254 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Echo:latest activemq to version 5.13.2+dfsg-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream activemq package and not the activemq package as distributed by Echo.
See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.
Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.13.0 does not restrict the classes that can be serialized in the broker, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java Message Service (JMS) ObjectMessage object.
References
- https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2015-5254
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2@%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
- http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2015-5254-announcement.txt
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174371.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174537.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0489.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2035.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2036.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3524
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/08/6
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-6013
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://github.com/Catherines77/ActiveMQ-EXPtools