FKIE_CVE-2011-4905

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-01-05 16:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:35
Severity
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/25/2
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/25/6
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/47112Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1209700
secalert@redhat.comhttp://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1211844
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50904
secalert@redhat.comhttps://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-3294Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/25/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/25/6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/47112Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1209700
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1211844
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50904
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-3294Exploit
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache activemq *
apache activemq 1.1
apache activemq 1.2
apache activemq 1.3
apache activemq 1.4
apache activemq 1.5
apache activemq 2.0
apache activemq 2.1
apache activemq 3.0
apache activemq 3.1
apache activemq 3.2
apache activemq 3.2.1
apache activemq 3.2.2
apache activemq 4.0
apache activemq 4.0
apache activemq 4.0
apache activemq 4.0.1
apache activemq 4.0.2
apache activemq 4.1.0
apache activemq 4.1.1
apache activemq 4.1.2
apache activemq 5.0.0
apache activemq 5.1.0
apache activemq 5.2.0
apache activemq 5.3.0
apache activemq 5.3.1
apache activemq 5.3.2
apache activemq 5.4.0
apache activemq 5.4.1
apache activemq 5.4.2
apache activemq 5.4.3
apache activemq 5.5.0
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