CVE-2016-2166

medium Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
0.3%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 50% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Published: April 12, 2016 (3685 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

The (1) proton.reactor.Connector, (2) proton.reactor.Container, and (3) proton.utils.BlockingConnection classes in Apache Qpid Proton before 0.12.1 improperly use an unencrypted connection for an amqps URI scheme when SSL support is unavailable, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information or modify data via unspecified vectors.

CWE

CWE-200

Affected Products

apache qpid protonfedoraproject fedora

References

🔗 lists.fedoraproject.org 🔗 packetstormsecurity.com 🔗 qpid.apache.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 git-wip-us.apache.org