CVE-2015-0203 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published 21 Feb 2018 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Remote authenticated users can crash the Apache Qpid broker by sending malformed AMQP messages, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2015-0203?

CVE-2015-0203 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Feb 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The qpidd broker in Apache Qpid 0.30 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an AMQP message with (1) an invalid range in a sequence set, (2) content-bearing methods other than message-transfer, or (3) a session-gap control before a corresponding session-attach.

Weakness: CWE-19

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0203?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Qpid.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0203?

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-2015-0203 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0203 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2cpf-hgj9-5h23, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0203.