PT-2013-3463 · Apache · Apache Qpid

Ken Giusti · Published 2013-08-23 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2013-1909

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

8.7

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache Qpid versions prior to 2.2

Description The issue concerns the Python client in Apache Qpid, which fails to verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.2, update to version 2.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider verifying the server hostname manually to ensure it matches the domain name in the certificate. Restrict access to sensitive data until the update can be applied.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-1909

GHSA-3G2P-7C6P-VJ8C

PYSEC-2013-25

RHSA-2013:1024

Affected Products

Apache Qpid

References · 17

• http://secunia.com/advisories/54137 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2013-25 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1909 · Vendor Advisory
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/QPID-4918 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/53968 · Vendor Advisory
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1460013 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1909 · Security Note
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1024.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1909 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-1909 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-3g2p-7c6p-vj8c · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/qpid-python/PYSEC-2013-25.yaml · Note
• https://github.com/apache/qpid-python/commit/7d8f51791c4949404d78f1083f465b7b4c8e954b · Note
• https://github.com/apache/qpid-python · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20140722194233/http://secunia.com/advisories/54137 · Note