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Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.apache.qpid:proton-j

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 16, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

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

Affected versions

< 0.12.1

Patched versions

0.12.1

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.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 16, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

Moderate
6.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2016-2166

GHSA ID

GHSA-f5cf-f7px-xpmh

Source code

No known source code
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