CVE-2020-13946

Summary

CVECVE-2020-13946
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-01 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:17:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Apache Cassandra, all versions prior to 2.1.22, 2.2.18, 3.0.22, 3.11.8 and 4.0-beta2, it is possible for a local attacker without access to the Apache Cassandra process or configuration files to manipulate the RMI registry to perform a man-in-the-middle attack and capture user names and passwords used to access the JMX interface. The attacker can then use these credentials to access the JMX interface and perform unauthorised operations. Users should also be aware of CVE-2019-2684, a JRE vulnerability that enables this issue to be exploited remotely.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-668

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Cassandra All All All All
Application Apache Cassandra 4.0.0 alpha1 All All
Application Apache Cassandra 4.0.0 alpha2 All All
Application Apache Cassandra 4.0.0 alpha3 All All
Application Apache Cassandra 4.0.0 alpha4 All All
Application Apache Cassandra 4.0.0 beta1 All All
Application Apache Cassandra All All All All
Application Apache Cassandra 4.0.0 alpha1 All All
Application Apache Cassandra 4.0.0 alpha2 All All
Application Apache Cassandra 4.0.0 alpha3 All All
Application Apache Cassandra 4.0.0 alpha4 All All
Application Apache Cassandra 4.0.0 beta1 All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Insight - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
CVE-2020-13946 Apache Cassandra Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 982396 Java (maven) Security Update for org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all (GHSA-24ww-mc5x-xc43)
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