PT-2013-2005 · Apache · Apache Activemq

Published 2013-04-21 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2012-6551

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache ActiveMQ versions prior to 5.8.0

Description The issue concerns the default configuration of Apache ActiveMQ, which enables a sample web application. This configuration allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by consuming broker resources via HTTP requests.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.8.0, update to version 5.8.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the sample web application to prevent broker resource consumption.

Fix

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-6551

GHSA-34FP-XVXP-RG22

Affected Products

Apache Activemq

References · 16

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6551 · Security Note
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1029.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-34fp-xvxp-rg22 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/apache/activemq · Note
• https://github.com/apache/activemq/commit/22bc55b9487df98a3c3cb04f99f4618fcba364fe · Note
• https://github.com/apache/activemq/commit/437ea2f6e58d18837ae0e68dcd2fdadc1fff3723 · Note
• https://github.com/apache/activemq/commit/ced33d2551a040813cb40bd6d36fdd322034fa73 · Note
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12311210&version=12323282 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20130916074709/http://activemq.2283324.n4.nabble.com/DISCUSS-ActiveMQ-out-of-the-box-Should-not-include-the-demos-tc4658044.html · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20200228042520/http://securityfocus.com/bid/59401 · Note
• http://activemq.2283324.n4.nabble.com/DISCUSS-ActiveMQ-out-of-the-box-Should-not-include-the-demos-tc4658044.html · Note
• https://fisheye6.atlassian.com/changelog/activemq?cs=1404998 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/59401 · Note
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-5033 · Note
• http://activemq.apache.org/activemq-580-release.html · Note