CVE-2016-2166

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-03-09
CWE:
CWE-223
Bugzilla:
1320842: CVE-2016-2166 qpid-proton: reactor sends messages in clear if ssl is requested but not available

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The (1) proton.reactor.Connector, (2) proton.reactor.Container, and (3) proton.utils.BlockingConnection classes in Apache Qpid Proton before 0.12.1 improperly use an unencrypted connection for an amqps URI scheme when SSL support is unavailable, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information or modify data via unspecified vectors.

Find out more about CVE-2016-2166 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue affects the versions of qpid-proton as shipped with Red Hat Satellite version 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Satellite 6 python-qpid-proton Will not fix
Red Hat Satellite 6 qpid-proton Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) qpid-proton Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 3.0.0 qpid-proton Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 qpid-proton Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 qpid-proton Not affected

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