CVE-2016-2166 Information

Description

The (1) proton.reactor.Connector (2) proton.reactor.Container and (3) proton.utils.BlockingConnection classes in Apache Qpid Proton before 0.12.1 improperly use an unencrypted connection for an amqps URI scheme when SSL support is unavailable which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information or modify data via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182414.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136403/Apache-Qpid-Proton-0.12.0-SSL-Failure.html http://qpid.apache.org/releases/qpid-proton-0.12.1/release-notes.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537864/100/0/threaded https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=qpid-proton.git;h=a058585 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PROTON-1157 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/914424e4d798a340f523b6169aaf39b626971d9bb00fcdeb1d5d6c0d@3Ccommits.qpid.apache.org3E

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.5