Improper Input Validation Affecting activemq package, versions [,5.14.5)[5.15.0,5.15.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ACTIVEMQ-2382511
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed1 Aug 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Aug 2019

CVE-2015-7559  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade activemq to version 5.14.5, 5.15.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. It was found that the Apache ActiveMQ client before 5.15.5 exposed a remote shutdown command in the ActiveMQConnection class. An attacker logged into a compromised broker could use this flaw to achieve denial of service on a connected client.

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