Vulnerability in Apache Activemq

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 sending many openwire failover:tcp:// connection requests.

EPSS: 0.090 (94.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-4905?
CVE-2011-4905 is a vulnerability in Apache Activemq, classified under CWE-399. Published 2012-01-05.
Is CVE-2011-4905 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.