GHSA-xgrx-xpv2-6vp4
Improper Authentication in Apache ActiveMQ
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.activemq:activemq-parent | < 5.15.12 | 5.15.12 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
Apache ActiveMQ uses LocateRegistry.createRegistry() to create the JMX RMI registry and binds the server to the "jmxrmi" entry. It is possible to connect to the registry without authentication and call the rebind method to rebind jmxrmi to something else. If an attacker creates another server to proxy the original, and bound that, he effectively becomes a man in the middle and is able to intercept the credentials when an user connects. Upgrade to Apache ActiveMQ 5.15.12.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13920
- https://github.com/apache/activemq/commit/359ae4b
- https://github.com/apache/activemq/commit/48cd61d
- https://github.com/apache/activemq/commit/58382283330f7c7b110c7afd8ef4ca2648786532
- https://github.com/apache/activemq/commit/b7dca5e
- https://github.com/apache/activemq
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-7400
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r946488fb942fd35c6a6e0359f52504a558ed438574a8f14d36d7dcd7%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r946488fb942fd35c6a6e0359f52504a558ed438574a8f14d36d7dcd7@%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb2fd3bf2dce042e0ab3f3c94c4767c96bb2e7e6737624d63162df36d%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb2fd3bf2dce042e0ab3f3c94c4767c96bb2e7e6737624d63162df36d@%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00013.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00013.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-13920-announcement.txt