In short
- CVE-2016-2166 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting org.apache.qpid:proton-j, qpid proton (apache).
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.3%, higher than 91.1% of all vulnerabilities.
- Fix: update to 0.12.1 or later.
Description
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.
NVD description
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.
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