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Credentials Exposure Affecting org.apache.activemq:activemq-jaas Open this link in a new tab package, versions [5.0.0,5.10.1)

0.0
medium

  • Attack Complexity

    Low

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  • snyk-id

    SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEACTIVEMQ-30492

  • published

    25 Aug 2015

  • disclosed

    24 Aug 2015

  • credit

    Unknown

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Introduced: 24 Aug 2015

CVE-2015-6524 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-255 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.activemq:activemq-jaas to version 5.10.1 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.activemq:activemq-jaas is a high performance Apache 2.0 licensed Message Broker and JMS 1.1 implementation.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Credentials Exposure. The LDAPLoginModule implementation in the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) in 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.