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FreeBSD : RabbitMQ -- Authentication vulnerability (6aa956fb-d97f-11e6-a071-001e67f15f5a)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 96512

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Pivotal.io reports :

MQTT (MQ Telemetry Transport) connection authentication with a username/password pair succeeds if an existing username is provided but the password is omitted from the connection request. Connections that use TLS with a client-provided certificate are not affected.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-9877

http://www.nessus.org/u?c078136c

http://www.nessus.org/u?d4dc9d3d

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 96512

File Name: freebsd_pkg_6aa956fbd97f11e6a071001e67f15f5a.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2017

Updated: 1/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9877

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: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:rabbitmq

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9877