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Apache Bookkeeper vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 15, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 7, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.bookkeeper:bookkeeper-common (Maven)

Affected versions

< 4.14.6
= 4.15.0

Patched versions

4.14.6
4.15.1

Description

The Apache Bookkeeper Java Client (before 4.14.6 and also 4.15.0) does not close the connection to the bookkeeper server when TLS hostname verification fails. This leaves the bookkeeper client vulnerable to a man in the middle attack. The problem affects BookKeeper client prior to versions 4.14.6 and 4.15.1.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 15, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 15, 2022
Reviewed Dec 15, 2022
Last updated Nov 7, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS score

0.077%
(35th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-32531

GHSA ID

GHSA-gxq5-79m2-gvvq

Source code

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