Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) Affecting com.rabbitmq:amqp-client package, versions [, 4.8.0)[5.0.0, 5.4.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-COMRABBITMQ-598771
  • published16 Sept 2018
  • disclosed11 Sept 2018
  • creditPeter Stockli

Introduced: 11 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-11087  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade com.rabbitmq:amqp-client to version 4.8.0, 5.4.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) due to lack of hostname validation. A malicious user that has the ability to intercept traffic would be able to view data in transit.

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