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    CVE-2017-12610

    In Apache Kafka 0.10.0.0 to 0.10.2.1 and 0.11.0.0 to 0.11.0.1, authenticated Kafka clients may use impersonation via a manually crafted protocol message with SASL/PLAIN or SASL/SCRAM authentication when using the built-in PLAIN or SCRAM server implementations in Apache Kafka.

    Published:Jul 26, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jul 26, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.00132
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apache
    Product
    Kafka

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-114 Authentication Abuse
    CAPEC-115 Authentication Bypass
    CAPEC-151 Identity Spoofing
    CAPEC-194 Fake the Source of Data
    CAPEC-21 Exploitation of Trusted Identifiers
    CAPEC-22 Exploiting Trust in Client
    CAPEC-459 Creating a Rogue Certification Authority Certificate
    CAPEC-461 Web Services API Signature Forgery Leveraging Hash Function Extension Weakness
    CAPEC-473 Signature Spoof
    CAPEC-476 Signature Spoofing by Misrepresentation
    CAPEC-57 Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive Data
    CAPEC-59 Session Credential Falsification through Prediction
    CAPEC-593 Session Hijacking
    CAPEC-60 Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay)
    CAPEC-633 Token Impersonation
    CAPEC-650 Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server
    CAPEC-667 Bluetooth Impersonation AttackS (BIAS)
    CAPEC-94 Adversary in the Middle (AiTM)

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    References

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104899
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b6157be1a09df332294213bd21e90dcf9fe4c1810193be54620e4210%40%3Cusers.kafka.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104899
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b6157be1a09df332294213bd21e90dcf9fe4c1810193be54620e4210%40%3Cusers.kafka.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

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