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Apache ActiveMQ: CVE-2018-11775: Improper Certificate Validation

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Apache ActiveMQ: CVE-2018-11775: Improper Certificate Validation

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
09/10/2018
Created
01/10/2024
Added
01/09/2024
Modified
01/09/2024

Description

TLS hostname verification when using the Apache ActiveMQ Client before 5.15.6 was missing which could make the client vulnerable to a MITM attack between a Java application using the ActiveMQ client and the ActiveMQ server. This is now enabled by default.

Solution(s)

  • apache-activemq-upgrade-latest

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