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CVE-2016-2166 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182414.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136403/Apache-Qpid-Proton-0.12.0-SSL-Failure.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://qpid.apache.org/releases/qpid-proton-0.12.1/release-notes.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=qpid-proton.git%3Bh=a058585	CVE
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PROTON-1157	CVE	Issue Tracking
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/914424e4d798a340f523b6169aaf39b626971d9bb00fcdeb1d5d6c0d%40%3Ccommits.qpid.apache.org%3E	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537864/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182414.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136403/Apache-Qpid-Proton-0.12.0-SSL-Failure.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://qpid.apache.org/releases/qpid-proton-0.12.1/release-notes.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=qpid-proton.git%3Bh=a058585	[email protected]
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PROTON-1157	[email protected]	Issue Tracking
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/914424e4d798a340f523b6169aaf39b626971d9bb00fcdeb1d5d6c0d%40%3Ccommits.qpid.apache.org%3E	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537864/100/0/threaded	[email protected]

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-200	Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
apache qpid proton	<= 0.12.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:apache:qpid_proton:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora	23
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

11 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 9, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 1, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jul 29, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 14, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 13, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]