FKIE_CVE-2015-5254

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-01-08 19:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:28
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2015-5254-announcement.txt
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174371.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174537.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0489.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2035.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2036.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3524
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/08/6
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
secalert@redhat.comhttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680
secalert@redhat.comhttps://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-6013Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2015-5254-announcement.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174371.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174537.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0489.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2035.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2036.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3524
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/08/6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-6013Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat openshift 2.0
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 5.4.3
apache activemq 5.5.0
apache activemq 5.5.1
apache activemq 5.6.0
apache activemq 5.7.0
apache activemq 5.8.0
apache activemq 5.9.0
apache activemq 5.9.1
apache activemq 5.10.0
apache activemq 5.10.1
apache activemq 5.10.2
apache activemq 5.11.0
apache activemq 5.11.1
apache activemq 5.11.2
apache activemq 5.12.0
apache activemq 5.12.1
fedoraproject fedora 22
fedoraproject fedora 23
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