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CVE-2015-7559

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-08-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-306

Description

It was found that the Apache ActiveMQ client before 5.14.5 exposed a remote shutdown command in the ActiveMQConnection class. An attacker logged into a compromised broker could use this flaw to achieve denial of service on a connected client.

Affected products

• Apache ActiveMQ: before 5.14.5; from 5.15.0 before 5.15.5 — fixed in 5.14.5, 5.15.5
• RedHat Jboss A-Mq: 6.2.1, 6.3
• RedHat Jboss Fuse: 6.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache ActiveMQ 5.14.5, 5.15.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2015-7559
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-6470
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2015-7559
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-6470

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