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Apache ActiveMQ: CVE-2015-5254: Improper Input Validation

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 8, 2016
Added
Jan 9, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.13.0 does not restrict the classes that can be serialized in the broker, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java Message Service (JMS) ObjectMessage object.

Solution

apache-activemq-upgrade-latest

References

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