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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2012-4446

critical Nessus Plugin ID 217732

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - The default configuration for Apache Qpid 0.20 and earlier, when the federation_tag attribute is enabled, accepts AMQP connections without checking the source user ID, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and have other unspecified impact via an AMQP request. (CVE-2012-4446)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4446

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4446

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 217732

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2012_4446.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/3/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4446

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-server-store, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-client-ssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-server-cluster, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qpid-cpp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-client-devel-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-server-ssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-client-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-server-rdma, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-server-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-client-rdma, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-server-xml

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4446