CVE-2014-0212 Denial of service in qpid-cpp
Attackers can cause denial of service by exhausting file descriptors if ACL policies are not explicitly configured in the Qpid C++ broker.
- 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-2014-0212?
CVE-2014-0212 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in qpid-cpp, published on 13 Dec 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
qpid-cpp: ACL policies only loaded if the acl-file option specified enabling DoS by consuming all available file descriptors
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0212?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apache Qpid-Cpp.
How do I fix CVE-2014-0212?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-0212 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-2014-0212 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0212 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in qpid-cpp
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6vwh-fp3r-mp6r, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0212.