GHSA-743r-5g92-5vgf
Improper certificate management in AWS IoT Device SDK v2
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | software.amazon.awssdk.iotdevicesdk:aws-iot-device-sdk | < 1.4.2 | 1.4.2 |
| npm | aws-iot-device-sdk-v2 | < 1.5.3 | 1.5.3 |
| PyPI | awsiotsdk | < 1.6.1 | 1.6.1 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
Connections initialized by the AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Java (versions prior to 1.4.2), Python (versions prior to 1.6.1), C++ (versions prior to 1.12.7) and Node.js (versions prior to 1.5.3) did not verify server certificate hostname during TLS handshake when overriding Certificate Authorities (CA) in their trust stores on MacOS. This issue has been addressed in aws-c-io submodule versions 0.10.5 onward. This issue affects: Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Java versions prior to 1.4.2 on macOS. Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Python versions prior to 1.6.1 on macOS. Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for C++ versions prior to 1.12.7 on macOS. Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Node.js versions prior to 1.5.3 on macOS. Amazon Web Services AWS-C-IO 0.10.4 on macOS.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40829
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-743r-5g92-5vgf
- https://github.com/aws/aws-iot-device-sdk-cpp-v2
- https://github.com/aws/aws-iot-device-sdk-java-v2
- https://github.com/aws/aws-iot-device-sdk-java-v2/commits/v1.4.2
- https://github.com/aws/aws-iot-device-sdk-js-v2
- https://github.com/aws/aws-iot-device-sdk-python-v2
- https://github.com/awslabs/aws-c-io
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/awsiotsdk/PYSEC-2021-862.yaml