Insufficient Hostname Verification Affecting ch.qos.logback:logback-core package, versions [,1.2.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-CHQOSLOGBACK-1726923
  • published 1 Oct 2021
  • disclosed 29 Sep 2021
  • credit Andrei Komarov

Introduced: 29 Sep 2021

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-20 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade ch.qos.logback:logback-core to version 1.2.7 or higher.

Overview

ch.qos.logback:logback-core is a logback-core module.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insufficient Hostname Verification. X.509 are not properly validated. By spoofing the TLS/SSL server via a certificate that appears valid, an attacker with the ability to intercept network traffic (e.g. MitM, DNS cache poisoning) can disclose and optionally manipulate transmitted data.

CVSS Scores

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Snyk

Recommended
4.8 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None