Security Bulletin: Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability Affects IBM Control Center (CVE-2020-13920)

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

Remediation/Fixes

Product |

VRMF

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iFix

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Remediation

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IBM Control Center

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6.0.0.2

|

iFix13

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Fix Central - 6.0.0.2

IBM Control Center

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6.1.3.0

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iFix04

|

Fix Central - 6.1.3.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None