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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 crash or hang) by…
Medium5.0EPSS 8.5%
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- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.5% · top 5.0% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-coreGHSA-9wcx-326r-7j7w (opens in a new tab)
References (7)
- 50904 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1209700 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20111225 Re: CVE Request for Apache ActiveMQ DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20111224 CVE Request for Apache ActiveMQ DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-3294 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1211844 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 47112 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-9wcx-326r-7j7w (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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