CVE-2015-5254

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Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.13.0 does not restrict the classes that can be serialized in the broker, which allows remot

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.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.8038

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EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
EPSS percentile: top 1% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

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Affected Products & Versions

redhat openshiftall versions
apache activemqall versions
fedoraproject fedoraall versions

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Affected Packages

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-client CRITICAL fixed in 5.11.3

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Scoring & Timeline

9.8

CRITICAL · CVSS v3.0 · secalert@redhat.com

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Attack Vector

Network Adjacent Local Physical

Attack Complexity

Low High

Privileges Required

None Low High

User Interaction

None Required

Scope

Unchanged Changed

Confidentiality

None Low High

Integrity

None Low High

Availability

None Low High

Published to NVD08 Jan 2016 · 07:59 PM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Vendor Advisories

rhsaRHSA-2016:2035Critical
rhsaRHSA-2016:2036Important
rhsaRHSA-2016:0489Moderate

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

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

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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-6013Vendor Advisory

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E

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