A vulnerability has been reported in Apache Qpid, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when handling incoming client connections and can be exploited to stop the broker from responding by sending a large amount of incomplete connections via e.g. a malicious client application.

The vulnerability is reported in version 0.17. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution
No official solution is currently available.
Original Advisory
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/QPID-4021

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