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CVE-2018-11775

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: Sep 10, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.4
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.8 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11775
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/295.html

TLS hostname verification when using the Apache ActiveMQ Client before 5.15.6 was missing which could make the client vulnerable to a MITM attack between a Java application using the ActiveMQ client and the ActiveMQ server. This is now enabled by default.

Weakness

The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
ActivemqApache*5.15.6 (excluding)
Red Hat Fuse 7.5.0RedHatactivemq*
ActivemqUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
ActivemqUbuntutrusty*
ActivemqUbuntuupstream*
ActivemqUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References

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