SB2013042202 - Multiple vulnerabilities in ActiveMQ
Published: April 22, 2013 Updated: January 15, 2021
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6092)
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in the web demos in Apache ActiveMQ before 5.8.0 when processing (1) the refresh parameter to PortfolioPublishServlet.java (aka demo/portfolioPublish or Market Data Publisher), or vectors involving (2) debug logs or (3) subscribe messages in webapp/websocket/chat.js. NOTE: AMQ-4124 is covered by CVE-2012-6551. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
2) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6551)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The default configuration of Apache ActiveMQ before 5.8.0 enables a sample web application, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (broker resource consumption) via HTTP requests.
3) Improper Authentication (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-3060)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.
The web console in Apache ActiveMQ before 5.8.0 does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service via HTTP requests.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://activemq.apache.org/activemq-580-release.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1029.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59400
- https://fisheye6.atlassian.com/changelog/activemq?cs=1399577
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-4115
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12311210&version=12323282
- http://activemq.2283324.n4.nabble.com/DISCUSS-ActiveMQ-out-of-the-box-Should-not-include-the-demos-tc4658044.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59401
- https://fisheye6.atlassian.com/changelog/activemq?cs=1404998
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-4124
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12311210&version=12323282
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1221.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59402