Debian DLA-2583-1 : activemq security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 147182

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Multiple security issues were discovered in activemq, a message broker built around Java Message Service.

CVE-2017-15709

When using the OpenWire protocol in activemq, it was found that certain system details (such as the OS and kernel version) are exposed as plain text.

CVE-2018-11775

TLS hostname verification when using the Apache ActiveMQ Client was missing which could make the client vulnerable to a MITM attack between a Java application using the ActiveMQ client and the ActiveMQ server. This is now enabled by default.

CVE-2019-0222

Unmarshalling corrupt MQTT frame can lead to broker Out of Memory exception making it unresponsive

CVE-2021-26117

The optional ActiveMQ LDAP login module can be configured to use anonymous access to the LDAP server. The anonymous context is used to verify a valid users password in error, resulting in no check on the password.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 5.14.3-3+deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your activemq packages.

For the detailed security status of activemq please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/activemq

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00005.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/activemq

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/activemq

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 147182

File Name: debian_DLA-2583.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/8/2021

Updated: 1/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-11775

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-26117

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:activemq, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libactivemq-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libactivemq-java-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15709, CVE-2018-11775, CVE-2019-0222, CVE-2021-26117