Resource Management Errors Affecting activemq package, versions [,5.6.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.64% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ACTIVEMQ-2382518
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed5 Jan 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Jan 2012

CVE-2011-4905  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade activemq to version 5.6.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. Apache ActiveMQ before 5.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file-descriptor exhaustion and broker crash or hang) by sending many openwire failover:tcp:// connection requests.

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