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IBM WebSphere Application Server: CVE-2019-11777: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is vulnerable to spoofing due to Eclipse Paho (CVE-2019-11777)

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IBM WebSphere Application Server: CVE-2019-11777: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is vulnerable to spoofing due to Eclipse Paho (CVE-2019-11777)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
09/11/2019
Created
08/29/2022
Added
08/26/2022
Modified
08/26/2022

Description

In the Eclipse Paho Java client library version 1.2.0, when connecting to an MQTT server using TLS and setting a host name verifier, the result of that verification is not checked. This could allow one MQTT server to impersonate another and provide the client library with incorrect information.

Solution(s)

  • ibm-was-install-8-5-ph45750-liberty
  • ibm-was-upgrade-8-5-22-0-0-8-liberty

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