CVE-2012-4458 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Apache Qpid server by sending a connection message with excessive zero-width elements, causing memory exhaustion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-4458?
CVE-2012-4458 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Mar 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The AMQP type decoder in Apache Qpid 0.20 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and server crash) via a large number of zero width elements in the client-properties map in a connection.start-ok message.
Weakness: CWE-189
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4458?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apache Qpid.
How do I fix CVE-2012-4458?
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-2012-4458 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4458 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qggc-rjcq-ppj4, UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4458.