CVE-2012-2145 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1269.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1277.html http://secunia.com/advisories/50573 http://secunia.com/advisories/50698 http://secunia.com/advisories/50699 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55608 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=817175 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78730 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/QPID-2616 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/QPID-4021