CVE-2016-2166

MEDIUM

Apache Qpid Proton < 0.12.1 - Unencrypted Connection for AMQPS URI Scheme

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (7)

Core 7

Core References

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PROTON-1157

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136403/Apache-Qpid-Proton-0.12.0-SSL-Failure.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182414.html

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=qpid-proton.git%3Bh=a058585

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://qpid.apache.org/releases/qpid-proton-0.12.1/release-notes.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537864/100/0/threaded

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/914424e4d798a340f523b6169aaf39b626971d9bb00fcdeb1d5d6c0d%40%3Ccommits.qpid.apache.org%3E

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0027

EPSS Percentile 50.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-200

Status published

Products (3)

apache/qpid_proton < 0.12.0

fedoraproject/fedora 23

org.apache.qpid/proton-j 0 - 0.12.1Maven

Published Apr 12, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026