Apache Qpid AMQP Client Shadow Connection Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Secunia ID	SA50186
CVE-ID	CVE-2012-3467
Release Date	10 Aug 2012
Last Change	20 Sep 2012
Criticality	Less Critical
Solution Status	Vendor Patch
Software	Apache Qpid 0.x
Where	From local network
Impact	Security Bypass This covers vulnerabilities or security issues where malicious users or people can bypass certain security mechanisms of the application. The actual impact varies significantly depending on the design and purpose of the affected application.
Description	A vulnerability has been reported in Apache Qpid, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions. The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the broker authentication mechanism when handling shadow connections from AMQP clients and can be exploited to authenticate as a AMQP broker by sending a specially crafted NullAuthenticator request. The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 0.18.
Solution	Update to version 0.18.
Reported by	Reported by the vendor.
Original Advisory	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/09/6 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/QPID-3849 http://qpid.apache.org/release_notes_0.18.html

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