Improper Authentication Affecting org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker package, versions [,5.15.12)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEACTIVEMQ-674315
  • published11 Sept 2020
  • disclosed11 Sept 2020
  • creditJonathan Gallimore & Colm O hEigeartaigh

Introduced: 11 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-13920  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker to version 5.15.12 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker is a high performance Apache 2.0 licensed Message Broker and JMS 1.1 implementation.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication. Apache ActiveMQ uses LocateRegistry.createRegistry() to create the JMX RMI registry and binds the server to the jmxrmi entry. It is possible to connect to the registry without authentication and call the rebind method to rebind jmxrmi to something else. If an attacker creates another server to proxy the original, and bound that, he effectively becomes a man in the middle and is able to intercept the credentials when an user connects. Upgrade to Apache ActiveMQ 5.15.12.

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