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CVE-2012-2145 (GCVE-0-2012-2145)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-09-28 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:26
VLAI
Summary
Apache Qpid 0.17 and earlier does not properly restrict incoming client connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption) via a large number of incomplete connections.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/QPID-4021 x_refsource_MISC
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1277.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1269.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/50699 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/50698 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55608 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/50573 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=817175 x_refsource_MISC
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/QPID-2616 x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2012-04-24 00:00
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