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Improper Certificate Validation in Apache Qpid Proton

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 30, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.qpid:proton-j (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 0.9, < 0.27.1

Patched versions

0.27.1

Description

While investigating bug PROTON-2014, we discovered that under some circumstances Apache Qpid Proton versions 0.9 to 0.27.0 (C library and its language bindings) can connect to a peer anonymously using TLS even when configured to verify the peer certificate while used with OpenSSL versions before 1.1.0. This means that an undetected man in the middle attack could be constructed if an attacker can arrange to intercept TLS traffic.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 23, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Reviewed Nov 2, 2022
Last updated Jan 30, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS score

0.214%
(60th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-0223

GHSA ID

GHSA-5h6x-m52p-23ph

Source code

No known source code
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