CVE-2017-12610 (GCVE-0-2017-12610)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-26 14:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:10
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Summary
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.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • Information Disclosure
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Kafka Affected: 0.10.0.0 to 0.10.2.1
Affected: 0.11.0.0 to 0.11.0.1
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Date Public
2018-07-26 00:00
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