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Improper Certificate Validation in Apache activemq-client

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 19, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Dec 20, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.activemq:activemq-client (Maven)

Affected versions

< 5.15.6

Patched versions

5.15.6

Description

TLS hostname verification when using the Apache ActiveMQ Client before 5.15.6 was missing which could make the client vulnerable to a MITM attack between a Java application using the ActiveMQ client and the ActiveMQ server. This is now enabled by default.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 10, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 19, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Dec 20, 2023

Severity

High
7.4
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

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

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2018-11775

GHSA ID

GHSA-m9w8-v359-9ffr

Source code

Credits

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