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CVE-2017-12610

Improper Authentication

Published: Jul 26, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.8
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.4 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12610
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html

In Apache Kafka 0.10.0.0 to 0.10.2.1 and 0.11.0.0 to 0.11.0.1, authenticated Kafka clients may use impersonation via a manually crafted protocol message with SASL/PLAIN or SASL/SCRAM authentication when using the built-in PLAIN or SCRAM server implementations in Apache Kafka.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
KafkaApache0.10.0.0 (including)0.10.2.1 (including)
KafkaApache0.11.0.0 (including)0.11.0.1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References

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