CVE-2022-32531

Apache BookKeeper: Java Client Uses Connection to Host that Failed Hostname Verification

State: Published
Severity: 5.9 Medium
Published: Dec 15, 2022
Updated: Apr 17, 2025
Reserved: Jun 7, 2022

Description

The Apache Bookkeeper Java Client (before 4.14.6 and also 4.15.0) does not close the connection to the bookkeeper server when TLS hostname verification fails. This leaves the bookkeeper client vulnerable to a man in the middle attack.

The problem affects BookKeeper client prior to versions 4.14.6 and 4.15.1.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.9 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Apache BookKeeperApache Software Foundation	4.14.5 and earlierAffected 4.15.0Affected

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/xyk2lfc7lzof8mksmwyympbqxts1b5s9vendor-advisory

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