Apache NiFi up to 1.11.4 UI/API Request inadequate encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Apache NiFi up to 1.11.4. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component UI/API. Such manipulation as part of Request leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-9491. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apache NiFi up to 1.11.4. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component UI/API. The manipulation as part of a Request leads to a unknown weakness. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-326. The product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

In Apache NiFi 1.2.0 to 1.11.4, the NiFi UI and API were protected by mandating TLS v1.2, as well as listening connections established by processors like ListenHTTP, HandleHttpRequest, etc. However intracluster communication such as cluster request replication, Site-to-Site, and load balanced queues continued to support TLS v1.0 or v1.1.

The weakness was presented 10/01/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at nifi.apache.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-9491 since 03/01/2020. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

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

See VDB-162187 and VDB-162186 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Inadequate encryption
CWE: CWE-326 / CWE-310
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03/01/2020 🔍
10/01/2020 +214 days 🔍
10/02/2020 +1 days 🔍
11/15/2020 +44 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apache.org

Advisory: nifi.apache.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-9491 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-9491
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-162188
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/02/2020 09:37
Updated: 11/15/2020 15:00
Changes: 10/02/2020 09:37 (37), 10/02/2020 09:42 (2), 11/14/2020 09:36 (5), 11/15/2020 15:00 (15)
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