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CVE-2011-4905

Apache ActiveMQ before 5.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file-descriptor exhaustion and broker

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.12504
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 6% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
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Affected Products & Versions

2
apache activemq<= 5.5.1
apache activemqall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.apache.activemq:activemq-core MODERATE fixed in 5.6.0
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocissues.apache.org · AMQ-3294issues.apache.org
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Scoring & Timeline

5
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD05 Jan 2012 · 04:55 PM
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References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/25/2
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/25/6
http://secunia.com/advisories/47112Vendor Advisory
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1209700
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1211844
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50904
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