CVE-2016-2166

Summary

CVECVE-2016-2166
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-12 14:59:11 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe (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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary5.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Qpid Proton All All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Qpid Proton 0.12.1 Release Notes - Apache Qpid™ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 qpid.apache.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[PROTON-1157] Reactor sends messages in the clear if ssl is requested but not available. - ASF JIRA af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.apache.org Issue Tracking
Apache Qpid Proton 0.12.0 SSL Failure ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory
ASF Git Repos - qpid-proton.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git-wip-us.apache.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: qpid-proton-0.12.1-1.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
ASF Git Repos - qpid-proton.git/commit MITRE git-wip-us.apache.org
Pony Mail! MITRE lists.apache.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981115 Java (maven) Security Update for org.apache.qpid:proton-j (GHSA-f5cf-f7px-xpmh)

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