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CVE-2016-2166

N/A
Published: April 12, 2016 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:43 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraQpid Proton

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (7)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182414.html
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136403/Apache-Qpid-Proton-0.12.0-SSL-Failure.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://qpid.apache.org/releases/qpid-proton-0.12.1/release-notes.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537864/100/0/threaded
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=qpid-proton.git%3Bh=a058585
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PROTON-1157
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/914424e4d798a340f523b6169aaf39b626971d9bb00fcdeb1d5d6c0d%40%3Ccommits.qpid.apache.org%3E

CVSS

5.8MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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