Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in ActiveMQ - CVE-2018-11775

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Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in ActiveMQ - CVE-2018-11775

Published: September 11, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU14741
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11775
CWE-ID: CWE-297
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ActiveMQ
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the Apache ActiveMQ Client does not validate hostname when using SSL/TLS protocol to connect to the Apache ActiveMQ server. A remote attacker can perform a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack and intercept all traffic between Java client and ActiveMQ server.


Remediation

Update to version5.5.16.

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