Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2022-32531 |
CWE-ID | CWE-300 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Apache Bookkeeper Server applications / Database software |
Vendor | Apache Foundation |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU70446
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-32531
CWE-ID:
CWE-300 - Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint ('Man-in-the-Middle')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a MitM attack.
The vulnerability exists due to Apache Bookkeeper Java Client does not close the connection to the bookkeeper server when TLS hostname verification fails. A remote attacker can perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack.
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Vulnerable software versionsApache Bookkeeper: 4.0.0 - 4.15.0
External linkshttp://lists.apache.org/thread/xyk2lfc7lzof8mksmwyympbqxts1b5s9
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.