Apache Beam MongoDB Connector up to 2.16.0 Certificate Verification certificate validation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apache Beam MongoDB Connector up to 2.16.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Certificate Verification. The manipulation leads to certificate validation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2020-1929. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apache Beam MongoDB Connector up to 2.16.0 (Database Software). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Certificate Verification. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Apache Beam MongoDB connector in versions 2.10.0 to 2.16.0 has an option to disable SSL trust verification. However this configuration is not respected and the certificate verification disables trust verification in every case. This exclusion also gets registered globally which disables trust checking for any code running in the same JVM.

The weakness was released 01/15/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.apache.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-1929 since 12/02/2019. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/16/2020). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1587.003 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Database Software

Vendor

• Apache

Name

• Beam MongoDB Connector

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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