CVE-2016-2166

Apache Qpid Proton 0.12.0 SSL Failure

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The (1) proton.reactor.Connector, (2) proton.reactor.Container, and (3) proton.utils.BlockingConnection classes in Apache Qpid Proton before 0.12.1 improperly use an unencrypted connection for an amqps URI scheme when SSL support is unavailable, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information or modify data via unspecified vectors.

Las clases (1) proton.reactor.Connector, (2) proton.reactor.Container y (3) proton.utils.BlockingConnection en Apache Qpid Proton en versiones anteriores a 0.12.1 usan de forma incorrecta una conexión cifrada para un esquema URI amqps cuando el soporte SSL no está disponible, lo que podría permitir a atacantes man-in-the-middle obtener información sensible o modificar datos a través de vectores no especificados.

Messaging applications using the Proton Python API to provision an SSL/TLS encrypted TCP connection may actually instantiate a non-encrypted connection without notice if SSL support is unavailable. This will result in all messages being sent in the clear without the knowledge of the user. Apache Qpid Proton python API versions starting at 0.9 and up to 0.12.0 are affected.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-01-29 CVE Reserved
2016-03-23 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-04-02 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136403/Apache-Qpid-Proton-0.12.0-SSL-Failure.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537864/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=qpid-proton.git%3Bh=a058585	X_refsource_confirm
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PROTON-1157	Issue Tracking
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/914424e4d798a340f523b6169aaf39b626971d9bb00fcdeb1d5d6c0d%40%3Ccommits.qpid.apache.org%3E	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://qpid.apache.org/releases/qpid-proton-0.12.1/release-notes.html	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182414.html	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Qpid Proton Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid Proton"				<= 0.12.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Qpid Proton" and version " <= 0.12.0"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				23 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "23"		-		Affected