A Denial of Service vulnerability was found in Apache Qpid Dispatch Router versions 0.7.0 and 0.8.0. To exploit this vulnerability, a remote user must be able to establish an AMQP connection to the Qpid Dispatch Router and send a specifically crafted AMQP frame which will cause it to segfault and shut down.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2017-15699 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 6 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | High |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 6.3 | RHSA-2018:0336 | 2018-02-21 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.3 | RHSA-2018:0336 | 2018-02-21 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | qpid-dispatch | Affected |
| Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6 | Interconnect | Affected |
To protect against this vulnerability, users need to ensure the interconnect route endpoints are protected by authentication. Please refer to official documentation on how to secure the endpoints: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_amq/7.0/html-single/using_amq_interconnect/#security-1
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