{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "security@apache.org", "ID": "CVE-2018-17187", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "Apache Qpid Proton-J", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "Apache Qpid Proton-J 0.3 to 0.29.0" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "Apache Software Foundation" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "The Apache Qpid Proton-J transport includes an optional wrapper layer to perform TLS, enabled by use of the 'transport.ssl(...)' methods. Unless a verification mode was explicitly configured, client and server modes previously defaulted as documented to not verifying a peer certificate, with options to configure this explicitly or select a certificate verification mode with or without hostname verification being performed. The latter hostname verifying mode was not implemented in Apache Qpid Proton-J versions 0.3 to 0.29.0, with attempts to use it resulting in an exception. This left only the option to verify the certificate is trusted, leaving such a client vulnerable to Man In The Middle (MITM) attack. Uses of the Proton-J protocol engine which do not utilise the optional transport TLS wrapper are not impacted, e.g. usage within Qpid JMS. Uses of Proton-J utilising the optional transport TLS wrapper layer that wish to enable hostname verification must be upgraded to version 0.30.0 or later and utilise the VerifyMode#VERIFY_PEER_NAME configuration, which is now the default for client mode usage unless configured otherwise." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "Hostname verification support not implemented, exception thrown if configured." } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PROTON-1962", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PROTON-1962" }, { "name": "105935", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105935" }, { "name": "https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/qpid-users/201811.mbox/%3CCAFitrpQSV73Vz7rJYfLJK7gvEymZSCR5ooWUeU8j4jzRydk-eg%40mail.gmail.com%3E", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/qpid-users/201811.mbox/%3CCAFitrpQSV73Vz7rJYfLJK7gvEymZSCR5ooWUeU8j4jzRydk-eg%40mail.gmail.com%3E" }, { "name": "https://qpid.apache.org/cves/CVE-2018-17187.html", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "https://qpid.apache.org/cves/CVE-2018-17187.html" } ] } }