Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ affects IBM Sterling Secure Proxy (CVE-2020-13920)

Summary

An Apache ActiveMQ man-in-the-middle vulnerability was addressed by IBM Sterling Secure Proxy.

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

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VRMF

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iFix

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How to acquire fix

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IBM Sterling Secure Proxy

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6.0.1.1

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iFix 3

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Fix Central

IBM Sterling Secure Proxy

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3.4.3.2

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iFix 10

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Fix Central

Workarounds and Mitigations

None