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SCA: security update for org.apache.qpid:proton-j (GHSA-xvch-r4wf-h8w9)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422827

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The Apache Qpid Proton-J transport includes an optional wrapper layer to perform TLS, enabled by use of
 the 'transport.ssl(...)' methods. Unless a verification mode was explicitly configured, client and server
 modes previously defaulted as documented to not verifying a peer certificate, with options to configure
 this explicitly or select a certificate verification mode with or without hostname verification being
 performed. The latter hostname verifying mode was not implemented in Apache Qpid Proton-J versions 0.3 to
 0.29.0, with attempts to use it resulting in an exception. This left only the option to verify the
 certificate is trusted, leaving such a client vulnerable to Man In The Middle (MITM) attack. Uses of the
 Proton-J protocol engine which do not utilise the optional transport TLS wrapper are not impacted, e.g.
 usage within Qpid JMS. Uses of Proton-J utilising the optional transport TLS wrapper layer that wish to
 enable hostname verification must be upgraded to version 0.30.0 or later and utilise the
 VerifyMode#VERIFY_PEER_NAME configuration, which is now the default for client mode usage unless
 configured otherwise. (CVE-2018-17187)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xvch-r4wf-h8w9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422827

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-17187

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17187

BID: 105935

cwe: CWE-295