GHSA-24ww-mc5x-xc43

Man-in-the-middle attack in Apache Cassandra

At a glance

Published
Updated
CVE
CVE-2020-13946
Aliases
BIT-cassandra-2020-13946
CVSS_V3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

In Apache Cassandra, all versions prior to 2.1.22, 2.2.18, 3.0.22, 3.11.8 and 4.0-beta2, it is possible for a local attacker without access to the Apache Cassandra process or configuration files to manipulate the RMI registry to perform a man-in-the-middle attack and capture user names and passwords used to access the JMX interface. The attacker can then use these credentials to access the JMX interface and perform unauthorised operations. Users should also be aware of CVE-2019-2684, a JRE vulnerability that enables this issue to be exploited remotely.

Affected packages

PackageVersions
Maven · org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-allintroduced 2.1.0, fixed 2.1.12
Maven · org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-allintroduced 2.2.0, fixed 2.2.18
Maven · org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-allintroduced 3.0.0, fixed 3.0.22
Maven · org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-allintroduced 3.11.0, fixed 3.11.8
Maven · org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-allintroduced 4.0-beta1, fixed 4.0-beta2

References

Sources

SourceLicence
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