CVE-2019-0223
While investigating bug PROTON-2014, we discovered that under some circumstances Apache Qpid Proton versions 0.9 to 0.27.0 (C library and its language bindings) can connect to a peer anonymously using
02 Description
While investigating bug PROTON-2014, we discovered that under some circumstances Apache Qpid Proton versions 0.9 to 0.27.0 (C library and its language bindings) can connect to a peer anonymously using
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
- 6.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. 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
- 2019-04-23 15:57Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 17:44Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-11-14
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-325Missing Cryptographic StepBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5ee1e48ab42161bc0319874e65de40dd70a826e39b20c361ac13ac23910e070b
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.apache.org[qpid-dev] 20190423 [jira] [Updated] (PROTON-2014) [CVE-2019-0223] TLS Man in the Middle Vulnerabilityhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/49c83f0acce5ceaeffca51714ec2ba0f0199bcb8f99167181bba441b%40%3Cdev.qpid.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[qpid-dev] 20190423 [SECURITY] CVE-2019-0223: Apache Qpid Proton TLS Man in the Middle Vulnerabilityhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3adb2f020f705b4fd453982992a68cd10f9d5ac728b699efdb73c1f5%40%3Cdev.qpid.apache.org%3E
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20190423 [SECURITY] CVE-2019-0223: Apache Qpid Proton TLS Man in the Middle Vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/23/4
- lists.apache.org[announce] 20190423 [SECURITY] CVE-2019-0223: Apache Qpid Proton TLS Man in the Middle Vulnerabilityhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d9c9a882a292e2defaed1f954528c916fb64497ce57db652727e39b0%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[SECURITY] CVE-2019-0223: Apache Qpid Proton TLS Man in the Middle Vulnerabilityhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/008ee5e78e5a090e1fcc5f6617f425e4e51d59f03d3eda2dd006df9f%40%3Cusers.qpid.apache.org%3E
- issues.apache.orghttps://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PROTON-2014?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Aall-tabpanel
- lists.apache.orgqpid-commits] 20190423 [qpid-site] branch asf-site updated: update site content for CVE-2019-0223https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/914424e4d798a340f523b6169aaf39b626971d9bb00fcdeb1d5d6c0d%40%3Ccommits.qpid.apache.org%3E
- www.securityfocus.com108044http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108044
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:0886https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0886
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:1399https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1399
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:1400https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1400
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:1398https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1398
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2777https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2777
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2778https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2778
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2779https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2779
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2780https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2780
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2781https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2781
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2782https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2782
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- qpid-proton Fixed in 0.22.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- qpid-proton Fixed in 0.22.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- qpid-proton Fixed in 0.22.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- qpid-proton No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- qpid-proton No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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