CVE-2011-4905
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 8.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 8.5% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-3455)
- Published
- January 5, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-3455 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/25/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/25/6
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47112(Vendor Advisory)
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1209700
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1211844
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50904
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-3294(Exploit)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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