CVE-2012-4460 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Apache Qpid via malformed data in serialization functions, leading to daemon exit.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-4460?
CVE-2012-4460 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 serializing/deserializing functions in the qpid::framing::Buffer class in Apache Qpid 0.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue could also trigger an out-of-bounds read, but it might not trigger a crash.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4460?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apache Qpid.
How do I fix CVE-2012-4460?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4460 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2012-4460 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4460 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ph25-q4qw-rp97, UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4460.