01 Record
CVE-2012-3467
Apache QPID 0.14, 0.16, and earlier uses a NullAuthenticator mechanism to authenticate catch-up shadow connections to AMQP brokers, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Apache QPID 0.14, 0.16, and earlier uses a NullAuthenticator mechanism to authenticate catch-up shadow connections to AMQP brokers, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-08-27 23:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-06-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7707f34ae7416f4a028c6ece942e7a7aa70faeef15104f96b2badf7e80754be7
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- svn.apache.orghttp://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1352992
- secunia.com50186http://secunia.com/advisories/50186
- www.securityfocus.com54954http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54954
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1279http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1279.html
- issues.apache.orghttps://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/QPID-3849
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comapache-qpid-broker-sec-bypass(77568)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77568
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1277http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1277.html
- secunia.com50698http://secunia.com/advisories/50698
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=836276
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120809 CVE-2012-3467: Unauthorized access (authentication bypass) from client to broker due to use of NullAuthenticator in shadow connectionshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/09/6