CVE-2021-40828

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-40828
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-11-23 00:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-12-02 14:32:00 UTC
DescriptionConnections initialized by the AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Java (versions prior to 1.3.3), Python (versions prior to 1.5.18), C++ (versions prior to 1.12.7) and Node.js (versions prior to 1.5.1) did not verify server certificate hostname during TLS handshake when overriding Certificate Authorities (CA) in their trust stores on Windows. This issue has been addressed in aws-c-io submodule versions 0.9.13 onward. This issue affects: Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Java versions prior to 1.3.3 on Microsoft Windows. Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Python versions prior to 1.5.18 on Microsoft Windows. Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for C++ versions prior to 1.12.7 on Microsoft Windows. Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Node.js versions prior to 1.5.3 on Microsoft Windows.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-295

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Amazon Amazon Web Services Aws-c-io All All All All
Application Amazon Amazon Web Services Internet Of Things Device Software Development Kit V2 All All All All
Application Amazon Amazon Web Services Internet Of Things Device Software Development Kit V2 All All All All
Application Amazon Amazon Web Services Internet Of Things Device Software Development Kit V2 All All All All
Application Amazon Amazon Web Services Internet Of Things Device Software Development Kit V2 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GitHub - aws/aws-iot-device-sdk-cpp-v2: Next generation AWS IoT Client SDK for C++ using the AWS Common Runtime MISC github.com
GitHub - aws/aws-iot-device-sdk-js-v2: Next generation AWS IoT Client SDK for Node.js using the AWS Common Runtime MISC github.com
GitHub - awslabs/aws-c-io: This is a module for the AWS SDK for C. It handles all IO and TLS work for application protocols. MISC github.com
GitHub - aws/aws-iot-device-sdk-java-v2: Next generation AWS IoT Client SDK for Java using the AWS Common Runtime MISC github.com
GitHub - aws/aws-iot-device-sdk-python-v2: Next generation AWS IoT Client SDK for Python using the AWS Common Runtime MISC github.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: F-Secure

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 980013 Python (pip) Security Update for awsiotsdk (GHSA-94jq-q5v2-76wj)
  • 980014 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for aws-iot-device-sdk-v2 (GHSA-94jq-q5v2-76wj)
  • 980015 Java (maven) Security Update for software.amazon.awssdk.iotdevicesdk:aws-iot-device-sdk (GHSA-94jq-q5v2-76wj)
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