SB2020032306 - Improper Certificate Validation in Apache Geode
Published: March 23, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020032306
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10091)
CWE-ID: CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.The vulnerability exists when TLS is enabled with ssl-endpoint-identification-enabled set to true, due to the affected software fails to perform hostname verification of the entries in the certificate SAN during the SSL handshake. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted certificate, perform a man-in-the-middle attack and eavesdrop on an encrypted communication.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.