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Improper Authentication Affecting org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker package, versions [,5.15.12)

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.32% (71st percentile)
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NVD
5.9 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEACTIVEMQ-674315
  • published 11 Sep 2020
  • disclosed 11 Sep 2020
  • credit Jonathan Gallimore & Colm O hEigeartaigh
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Introduced: 11 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-13920 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-287 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker to version 5.15.12 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker is a high performance Apache 2.0 licensed Message Broker and JMS 1.1 implementation.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication. Apache ActiveMQ uses LocateRegistry.createRegistry() to create the JMX RMI registry and binds the server to the jmxrmi entry. It is possible to connect to the registry without authentication and call the rebind method to rebind jmxrmi to something else. If an attacker creates another server to proxy the original, and bound that, he effectively becomes a man in the middle and is able to intercept the credentials when an user connects. Upgrade to Apache ActiveMQ 5.15.12.