The version of Apache ActiveMQ running on the remote host is 5.x prior to 5.15.9. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability due to improper validation of MQTT frames. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue to cause the broker to stop responding.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(123756);
script_version("1.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/04/19");
script_cve_id("CVE-2019-0222");
script_bugtraq_id(107622);
script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2019-B-0023-S");
script_name(english:"Apache ActiveMQ 5.x < 5.15.9 Corrupt MQTT Frame Denial of Service (DoS) (CVE-2019-0222)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host is running a web application that is affected by a
denial of service vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Apache ActiveMQ running on the remote host is 5.x
prior to 5.15.9. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service
(DoS) vulnerability due to improper validation of MQTT frames. An
unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue to cause the
broker to stop responding.");
# http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-0222-announcement.txt
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?0ea46105");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Apache ActiveMQ version 5.15.9 or later.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-0222");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/03/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/03/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/04/05");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:apache:activemq");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("activemq_web_console_detect.nasl","apache_activemq_nix_installed.nbin","activemq_listen_port_detect.nbin");
script_require_keys("installed_sw/Apache ActiveMQ");
exit(0);
}
include("vcf.inc");
var app = vcf::combined_get_app_info(app:'Apache ActiveMQ');
var constraints = [{"min_version" : "5.0", "fixed_version" : "5.15.9"}];
vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING, strict:FALSE);