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title: "CVE-2017-15709\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2017-15709

Publication date 13 February 2018

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**3.7 · Low**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15709?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

When using the OpenWire protocol in ActiveMQ versions 5.14.0 to 5.15.2 it
was found that certain system details (such as the OS and kernel version)
are exposed as plain text.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| activemq | 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

3.7 · Low

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | High |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | Low |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 3.7 · Low |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15709)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15709)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-15709)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15709)

### Other references

* <https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2b6f04a552c6ec2de6563c2df3bba813f0fe9c7e22cce27b7829db89@%3Cdev.activemq.apache.org%3E>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15709>