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GHSA-5H6X-M52P-23PH

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:44 – Updated: 2025-07-01 21:15
Withdrawn 2025-07-01 VLAI
Summary
Withdrawn Advisory: Improper Certificate Validation in Apache Qpid Proton
Details

Withdrawn Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because the vulnerability only affects the Qpid Proton C library and not org.apache.qpid:proton-j. This link has been maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

While investigating bug PROTON-2014, we discovered that under some circumstances Apache Qpid Proton versions 0.9 to 0.27.0 (C library and its language bindings) can connect to a peer anonymously using TLS even when configured to verify the peer certificate while used with OpenSSL versions before 1.1.0. This means that an undetected man in the middle attack could be constructed if an attacker can arrange to intercept TLS traffic.

Severity
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.apache.qpid:proton-j"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0.9"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.27.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2019-0223"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-295"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-11-02T00:05:42Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2019-04-23T16:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "## Withdrawn Advisory\nThis advisory has been withdrawn because the vulnerability only affects the **Qpid Proton C library** and not `org.apache.qpid:proton-j`. This link has been maintained to preserve external references.\n\n## Original Description\n\nWhile investigating bug PROTON-2014, we discovered that under some circumstances Apache Qpid Proton versions 0.9 to 0.27.0 (C library and its language bindings) can connect to a peer anonymously using TLS *even when configured to verify the peer certificate* while used with OpenSSL versions before 1.1.0. This means that an undetected man in the middle attack could be constructed if an attacker can arrange to intercept TLS traffic.",
  "id": "GHSA-5h6x-m52p-23ph",
  "modified": "2025-07-01T21:15:27Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T16:44:10Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0223"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PROTON-2014?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Aall-tabpanel"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/008ee5e78e5a090e1fcc5f6617f425e4e51d59f03d3eda2dd006df9f@%3Cusers.qpid.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/914424e4d798a340f523b6169aaf39b626971d9bb00fcdeb1d5d6c0d@%3Ccommits.qpid.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d9c9a882a292e2defaed1f954528c916fb64497ce57db652727e39b0@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/23/4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108044"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Withdrawn Advisory: Improper Certificate Validation in Apache Qpid Proton",
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-01T21:15:27Z"
}



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