CVE-2009-5005 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the Apache Qpid daemon and cause cluster outages by sending invalid AMQP data.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2009-5005?

CVE-2009-5005 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Mrg, published on 18 Oct 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Cluster::deliveredEvent function in cluster/Cluster.cpp in Apache Qpid, as used in Red Hat Enterprise MRG before 1.3 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash and cluster outage) via invalid AMQP data.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-5005?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apache Qpid, Redhat Enterprise Mrg.

How do I fix CVE-2009-5005?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2009-5005 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-5005 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Redhat Enterprise Mrg vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fc8m-4487-7539.

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