CVE-2011-3620

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2012-04-30
Bugzilla:
747078: CVE-2011-3620 qpid-cpp: cluster authentication ignores cluster-* settings

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Apache Qpid 0.12 does not properly verify credentials during the joining of a cluster, which allows remote attackers to obtain access to the messaging functionality and job functionality of a cluster by leveraging knowledge of a cluster-username.

Find out more about CVE-2011-3620 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This flaw only affects the clustered implementation in qpid-cpp (qpidd-cpp-server-cluster) which is only available in Red Hat Enterprise MRG. The qpid-cpp-server as provided with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 does not include this functionality, and is thus not affected.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.8
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
MRG Grid for RHEL 5 Server v.2 RHSA-2012:0529 2012-04-30
Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 (qpid-cpp) RHSA-2012:0528 2012-04-30
Red Hat MRG Grid Execute Node for RHEL 6 ComputeNode v.2 RHSA-2012:0528 2012-04-30

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1 qpid-cpp Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 mingw32-qpid-cpp Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qpid-cpp Not affected

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