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CVE-2015-7559 json

Improper Input Validation and Missing Authentication for Critical Function in Apache ActiveMQ

published 2019-08-01 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-jvpp-hxjj-5ccc , EUVD-2019-0637

cvss
2.7
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

It was found that the Apache ActiveMQ client before 5.14.5 exposed a remote shutdown command in the ActiveMQConnection class. An attacker logged into a compromised broker could use this flaw to achieve denial of service on a connected client.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.activemq:activemq-client 5.14.5
  • apache activemq 5.14.5, 5.15.5
  • activemq Debian 13, Debian 12 5.14.3-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7559

  • activemq Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 5.6.0+dfsg-1+deb7u3build0.14.04.1
  • activemq Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 5.13.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7559

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-7559 updated cvss 2.7

ActiveMQ: DoS in client via shutdown command

  • Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6 amq-client amq-client
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.3 Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0868

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 2.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 3.1 2.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub 3.0 4.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.activemq:activemq-client
<5.14.5
5.14.5

Affected products

  • Apache ActiveMQ

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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