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High · 7.4 CVE-2018-17187 EUVD-2018-0790GHSA-xvch-r4wf-h8w9

Improper Certificate Validation in proton-j

Published Nov 13, 2018 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by apache

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apache Software Foundation Apache Qpid Proton-J Apache Qpid Proton-J 0.3 to 0.29.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 qpid-proton 0.22.0-1 —
Debian 13 qpid-proton 0.22.0-1 —
Debian 12 qpid-proton 0.22.0-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS qpid-proton No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS qpid-proton No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.apache.qpid:proton-j >= 0.3, < 0.30.0 0.30.0 GHSA-xvch-r4wf-h8w9

References