Debian DLA-2400-1 : activemq security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 141272

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Apache ActiveMQ, a Java message broker, uses LocateRegistry.createRegistry() to create the JMX RMI registry and binds the server to the 'jmxrmi' entry. It is possible to connect to the registry without authentication and call the rebind method to rebind jmxrmi to something else. If an attacker creates another server to proxy the original, and bound that, he effectively becomes a man in the middle and is able to intercept the credentials when an user connects.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 5.14.3-3+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your activemq packages.

For the detailed security status of activemq please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/activemq

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 141272

File Name: debian_DLA-2400.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/8/2020

Updated: 2/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13920

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:activemq, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libactivemq-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libactivemq-java-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13920

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