CVE-2016-2166

6.5 MEDIUM
Published: April 12, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182414.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136403/Apache-Qpid-Proton-0.12.0-SSL-Failure.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://qpid.apache.org/releases/qpid-proton-0.12.1/release-notes.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537864/100/0/threaded
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=qpid-proton.git%3Bh=a058585
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PROTON-1157
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/914424e4d798a340f523b6169aaf39b626971d9bb00fcdeb1d5d6c0d%40%3Ccommits.qpid.apache.org%3E
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182414.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136403/Apache-Qpid-Proton-0.12.0-SSL-Failure.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://qpid.apache.org/releases/qpid-proton-0.12.1/release-notes.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537864/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=qpid-proton.git%3Bh=a058585
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PROTON-1157
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/914424e4d798a340f523b6169aaf39b626971d9bb00fcdeb1d5d6c0d%40%3Ccommits.qpid.apache.org%3E
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.3%
50th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

Affected Vendors

fedoraproject apache

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