Improper Certificate Validation in Apache Geode - CVE-2019-10091

 

Improper Certificate Validation in Apache Geode - CVE-2019-10091

Published: March 23, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26311
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10091
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Apache Geode

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-10091

Install updates from vendor's website.

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