Security Bulletin
Summary
Apache ActiveMQ is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-13920
DESCRIPTION: Apache ActiveMQ is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, caused by improper authentication validation when connecting to the JMX RMI registry. By creating another server to proxy the original, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch a man-in-the-middle attack and gain access to the communication channel between endpoints to obtain user credentials or further compromise the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188067 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Control Center | 6.1.3 |
| IBM Control Center | 6.0.0.2 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Product |
VRMF |
iFix |
Remediation |
|
IBM Control Center |
6.0.0.2 |
iFix13 | |
|
IBM Control Center |
6.1.3.0 |
iFix04 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
11 Jan 2021: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
15 January 2021
Initial Publish date:
11 January 2021
UID
ibm16404722