Apache ActiveMQ, Apache ActiveMQ All, Apache ActiveMQ Stomp: Unbounded header buffer in STOMP NIO codec

Summary

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ, Apache ActiveMQ All, Apache ActiveMQ Stomp. An unauthenticated client that opens a STOMP NIO connection can send header bytes that never terminate which makes the broker buffer them without limit, exhausting the JVM heap. This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ: before 5.19.8, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.7; Apache ActiveMQ All: before 5.19.8, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.7; Apache ActiveMQ Stomp: before 5.19.8, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.7. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.2.7 or 5.19.8, which fixes the issue. Red Hat products ship Apache ActiveMQ Classic components as transitive dependencies. The vulnerability is in the Classic ActiveMQ STOMP NIO codec, which does not limit the size of header byte buffering, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to exhaust JVM heap memory. Apache ActiveMQ Artemis, which powers Red Hat AMQ Broker, has its own STOMP protocol implementation (artemis-stomp-protocol) that does not share this code path. The Classic STOMP NIO codec is not exposed in Red Hat product deployments. Red Hat severity: Important — CVSS 7.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). Weakness: CWE-789. No fixing RHSA erratum has published yet; monitor the Red Hat CVE page and patch when it ships.